Meriania grandidens

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: Merianieae
Genus: Meriania
Species: Meriania grandidens

Name

Meriania grandidens Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 65(–66). 1871 [1872].

Synonymy

• Misapplied names
  • Meriania speciosa sensu Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 18(2): 128(–129). 1852, p.p. – non Meriania speciosa (Bonpl.) Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 18(2): 128. 1852.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Triana, J. 1872 ["1871"]. Les Mélastomacées. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28: 1–188, tt. 1–7. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wurdack, J.J. 1973. Melastomataceae. In Lasser (ed.), Flora de Venezuela, Vol. VIII(1&2). 819 pp. Instituto Botánico, Dirección de Recursos Naturales Renovables, Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría, Caracas. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Meriania grandidens. Published online. Accessed: 28 July 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Meriania grandidens.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Meriania grandidens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 July 28. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2018. Meriania grandidens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 July 2018.
• Meriania grandidens in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 28 July 2018.