Group: Dicot Rank: species Herbarium Placement: Monsanto, 2nd, B, 223     

Published In: Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 7: 264. 1897. (Nat. Pflanzenfam.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: TANZANIA: Morogoro Dist., Uluguru Mts.

Collector and Number: Stuhlmann 8764, 8840, 9289

Institution(s): ST: B

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Bryophyte Herbarium Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Moss Flora of China System Vascular Herbarium

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Rosanae Takht.
• order:  Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  Melastomataceae Juss.
• genus:  Petalonema Gilg in Engler & Prantl

Combinations for this basionym:

Gravesia pulchra (Gilg) Jacq.-Fél. ex Wickens Flora of Tropical East Africa Melastomataceae: 60. 1975. (Fl. Trop. E. Africa)

Neopetalonema pulchrum (Gilg) Brenan Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 26: 213. 1945. (J. Arnold Arbor.)