External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77332468-1
- Publication
- Candollea; Organe du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève. Geneva
- Collation
- 78(2): 223
- Date of Publication
- 20 Nov 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Messmer & Andriatsiferana 693
- Locality
- Reg. Vakinankaratra (Prov. Antananarivo): 16.2 km SE de Tsinjoarivo, forêt d’Ankilahila, le long de la rivière d’Andrindrimbola, 1550 m
- Collection Date
- 18 Jan 1999
- Type Herbaria
- holotype MO MO-6144396
isotype CAS CAS-1105060
isotype G G00642036 - Latitude
- 19° 42' S
- Longitude
- 47° 50' E
- Distribution Of Types
- Madagascar (Western Indian Ocean, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.15553/c2023v782a10 Etymology: name is a compound formed from the Latin noun nāvicula meaning 'little boat' and the adjectival suffix -fōrmis meaning 'having the form of '; it functions as an adjective referring to the shape of the anthers.