Memecylon

Memecylon
Memecylon umbellatum

From Mirijjawila Botanical Garden, Sri Lanka

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Memecylon
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Memecylon is a plant group in Melastomataceae. It consists of 350-400 species of small to medium-sized trees and shrubs occurring in the Old World tropics.[1][2][3] Memecylon is a monophyletic group basal to the Melastomataceae clade.[4] Memecylon taxa have more than 600 published basionyms.[1][4] Diversity of this group is concentrated in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Melastomataceae.Net". www.melastomataceae.net. Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  2. ^ Bremer, Kåre (1981). "Seeds and embryos in Sri Lanka (Ceylonese) species of Memecylon, with notes on Spathandra (Melastomataceae)". Nordic Journal of Botany. 1 (1): 62–65. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1981.tb01036.x.
  3. ^ Bremer, Kåre (1981-01-01). "Seeds and embryos in Sri Lanka (Ceylonese) species of Memecylon, with notes on Spathandra (Melastomataceae)". Nordic Journal of Botany. 1 (1): 62–65. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1981.tb01036.x. ISSN 1756-1051.
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