View source for Melastoma ← Melastoma You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Melastoma |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 389. 1753 |year=1753 }} |common_names=Melastome |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Melastomataceae;Melastoma |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Melastomataceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Melastoma]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek melas, black, and stoma, opening, alluding to stained mouth, especially of children, when fruits of some species are eaten |volume=Volume 10 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem growth form;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>erect or procumbent, 4-sided [subterete], often squamose-strigose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="bark architecture or pubescence">bark scaly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="primary-vein blade position;primary-vein blade prominence;margin architecture or shape;surface pubescence">blade with 1 or 2 [–4] pairs of lateral primary-veins, marginal pairs often inconspicuous, margins entire, surfaces usually strigose [subvillous to villous, rarely glabrate].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position or structure subtype;panicle architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal or in distal foliar axils, usually cymes, rarely panicles or flowers solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract duration;bract duration;bract architecture or shape;bract shape;bract prominence">bracts deciduous or persistent, leaflike, ovate, sometimes conspicuous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="hypanthium shape;hypanthium shape;hypanthium shape">hypanthium campanulate to globose-urceolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="calyx duration;calyx shape;lobe shape;lobe shape;lobe shape;lobe shape">calyx deciduous, 5-lobed, lobes triangular to lanceolate or ovate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal atypical quantity;petal quantity;petal orientation;petal architecture or shape;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration">petals 5 (–8), spreading, symmetric, light to dark-pink, lavender, or purple;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen size;stamen growth form;whorl quantity;anther coloration or density;anther orientation;connective length or size;anther coloration;anther course;stamen architecture or shape or variability;connective length">stamens 10, unequal, in 2 whorls, dimorphic, episepalous stamens with purple, upcurved anthers and long connectives, epipetalous stamens with yellow, straight anthers and shorter connectives, or stamens isomorphic and connectives slightly prolonged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="anther orientation;anther shape;anther architecture or structure in adjective form;anther dehiscence;slit height or length or size;slit dehiscence or orientation">anthers slightly downcurved, linear-oblong, 2-locular, dehiscent by 1 or 2 apical pores, or by short, longitudinal slits;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="ovary position;ovary fusion;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary semi-inferior, adnate to floral-tube, 5-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="style course;style shape;style variability">style straight, filiform, equal to petals.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="fruit texture;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>fleshy and irregularly splitting-dehiscent, [capsules and apically dehiscent, or berries and fleshy, indehiscent].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>cochleate.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Florida;Asia;Pacific Islands;Australia;also in Mexico;elsewhere in Pacific Islands (New Zealand) |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 22 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Most species of Melastoma have fleshy, irregularly dehiscent fruits; others have dry capsules [for example, M. pellegrinianum (H. Boissieu) Karsten Meyer].</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Melastoma |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Melastomataceae |distribution=Florida;Asia;Pacific Islands;Australia;also in Mexico;elsewhere in Pacific Islands (New Zealand) |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status= |source xml= |genus=Melastoma |anther architecture or structure in adjective form=2-locular |anther coloration=yellow |anther coloration or density=purple |anther course=straight |anther dehiscence=dehiscent |anther orientation=downcurved;upcurved |anther shape=linear-oblong |bark architecture or pubescence=scaly |bract architecture or shape=leaflike |bract duration=persistent;deciduous |bract prominence=conspicuous |bract shape=ovate |calyx duration=deciduous |calyx shape=5-lobed |connective length=prolonged |connective length or size=long |flower architecture=pedicellate |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |fruit dehiscence=splitting-dehiscent |fruit texture=fleshy |hypanthium shape=campanulate;globose-urceolate |inflorescence position or structure subtype=in distal foliar axils;terminal |leaf architecture=petiolate |lobe shape=triangular;lanceolate or ovate |margin architecture or shape=entire |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=5-locular |ovary fusion=adnate |ovary position=semi-inferior |panicle architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |petal architecture or shape=symmetric |petal atypical quantity=5;8 |petal coloration=light;dark-pink lavender or purple |petal orientation=spreading |petal quantity=5 |primary-vein blade position=marginal |primary-vein blade prominence=inconspicuous |seed shape=cochleate |slit dehiscence or orientation=longitudinal |slit height or length or size=short |stamen architecture or shape or variability=isomorphic |stamen growth form=dimorphic |stamen quantity=10 |stamen size=unequal |stem growth form=procumbent |stem orientation=erect |stem pubescence=squamose-strigose |style course=straight |style shape=filiform |style variability=equal |surface pubescence=strigose |whorl quantity=2 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Melastomataceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Melastomataceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Melastoma.