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Family: Melastomataceae
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II > Order: Myrtales
About 182 genera and 4570 species, native mainly to tropical and subtropical
regions, especially South America. Six genera and 19 species are native to
southern Africa, one genus and species are naturalised, and an additional four
genera and 11 species are cultivated in the region.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Antherotoma
Eleven species, native to Africa, with four species native
to southern Africa. |
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Dissotis
About 18 species, native to Africa, with three species
native to southern Africa. |
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Heterotis
Two species native to southern Africa -
Heterotis canescens [=Dissotis
canescens] and Heterorotis prostrata [=Dissotis rotundifolia]. |
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Melastomastrum
Four species, native to Africa, with only one,
Melastomastrum segregatum,
native to southern Africa (northern Namibia). |
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Memecylon
About 150 species (Africa, Asia and Australia), with five
species native to southern Africa. |
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Tristemma
One species is native to southern Africa -
Tristemma mauritianum
(recorded from Zimbabwe). |
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Warneckia
Two species native to southern Africa - Warneckia sousae (Mozambique)
and Warneckia sansibaricum (Zimbabwe). |
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Genera naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Heterocentron
About 27 species, native to Mexico and central America. Heterocentron
macrostachyum has become naturalised in southern Africa. |
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Tibouchina
About 350 species, native to Mexico, Central and South America (especially
Brazil), and the West Indies. Eight species are cultivated in southern
Africa. |
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Centradenia floribunda
Native from Mexico to Honduras. |
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Melastoma septemnervium
Native to Martinique. |
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Medinilla multiflora
Native to the Philippines. |
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