Chaetogastra debilis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Melastomateae
Genus: Chaetogastra
Species: Chaetogastra debilis

Name

Chaetogastra debilis Cham., Linnaea 9: 449 (1835).

• Type: leg. F.Sellow 4503. Brazil.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pleroma debile (Cham.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 45 (1871 publ. 1872).
  • Tibouchina debilis (Cham.) Cogn., C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(3): 401 (1885).

• Misapplied names
  • Chaetogastra debilis sensu Miq., Linnaea 22: 540 (1849) = synonym of Pleroma ursinum.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Southern South America Argentina Northeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Chamisso, A. 1925. De plantis in expeditione speculatoria Romanzoffiana et in herbariis Regiis Berolinensibus observatis dicere pergit. Melastomaceae Americanae. Linnaea 9: 368–402, 428–460. BHL, BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Chaetogastra debilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Chaetogastra debilis. Published online. Accessed: 17. Nov. 2025. Reference page.