The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name record (from Tropicos) is not included in version 1.1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name is included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Melastoma purpurea in version 1.1 of The Plant List.

M Melastoma purpurea Willd. is a synonym of Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana

This name is a synonym of Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana.

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 50226746) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 2(1): 590 590 1799.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1147628-2.