Blastus

Blastus cochinchinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Sonerileae
Genus: Blastus
Species: B. auriculatus – B. borneensis – B. brevissimus – B. cochinchinensis – B. eglandulosus – B. mollissimus – B. multiflorus – B. pauciflorus – B. setulosus – B. tenuifolius – B. tsaii

Name

Blastus Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 526. (1790)

• Type species: Blastus cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 527. (1790)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-tropical Regional: Indian subcontinent Assam Regional: Southeastern Asia Borneo, Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand Regional: Indo-china Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Nansei-shoto References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus II. Pp. 357–744, [745, err.] Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 526.

Additional references

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Blastus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Blastus. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 25 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Blastus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Sept. 2020.

Vernacular names

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