External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77332471-1
- Publication
- Candollea; Organe du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève. Geneva
- Collation
- 78(2): 229
- Date of Publication
- 20 Nov 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Melastomataceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Humbert 19375
- Locality
- Reg. Ihorombe (Prov. Fianarantsoa): bassin de la Malio (affluent de Mangoky), près d’Ambalabe, 400-450 m
- Collection Date
- Nov 1946
- Type Herbaria
- holotype P P00500443
isotype BR BR0000019015125
isotype K
isotype MO MO-4598302 - Distribution Of Types
- Madagascar (Western Indian Ocean, Africa)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.15553/c2023v782a10 Etymology: name refers to the occurrence of this species at the edge of the semi-arid zone in southwestern Madagascar.