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. 2012 Jun 28;110(3):667–679. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcs125

Reproductive system and geographical distribution of New World Melastomataceae species

Reproductive system
Tribe* Species SC SI AP Reference Geographical distribution Reference
Bertolonieae Bertolonia marmorata (Naudin) Naudin X 33 Restricted (Bahia; Pernambuco, BR) 7
Blakeeae Blakea anomala Donn. Sm. X 23 Restricted (Costa Rica) 45
B. chlorantha Almeda X 22 Restricted (Costa Rica) 45
B. gracilis Hemls. X 23 Restricted (Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panamá) 45
B. tuberculata Donn. Sm. X 23 Restricted (Costa Rica; Panamá) 45
Topobea brenesii Standl. X 23 Restricted (Costa Rica) 45
T. maurofernandeziana Cogn. X 23 Restricted (Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panamá) 45
Henrietteae Bellucia acutata Pilg. X 33 Wide 34
B. grossularioides (L.) Triana X 33 Wide 34
Henriettea succosa (Aubl.) DC. X 25 Wide 48
Melastomeae Aciotis acuminifolia (Mart. ex DC.) Triana X 33 Wide 12
Desmocelis villosa (Aubl.) Naudin X 28 Wide 48
Macairea radula (Bonpl.) DC. X 1 Wide 34
M. theresiae Cogn. X 33 Restricted (Pará; Amazonas, BR) 34
Marcetia taxifolia (A.St.-Hil) DC. X 30 Wide 24
Melastoma affine D.Don X 17 Wide 17
Monochaetum amabile Almeda X 3 Restricted (Costa Rica) 45
M. floribundum Naudin X 3 Wide 45
M. neglectum Almeda X 3 Restricted (Costa Rica; Panamá) 45
M. talamancense Almeda X 3 Restricted (Costa Rica) 45
M. vulcanicum Cogn. X 3 Restricted (Costa Rica) 45
Nepsera aquatica (Aubl.) Naudin X 33 Wide 48
Pterolepis glomerata (Rottb.) Miq. X 31 Wide 36
Sandemania hoehnei (Cogn.) Wurdack X 33 Wide 32
Svitramia hatschbachii Wurdack X 1 Restricted (South and Southwest of Minas Gerais, BR) 37
S. minor R. Romero & A.B. Martins X 1 Restricted (Serra da Canastra-Minas Gerais, BR) 37
Svitramia sp. X 1 Restricted (Serra da Canastra-Minas Gerais, BR) 37
Tibouchina aegopogon (Naudin) Cogn. X 1 Wide 18
T. cerastifolia Cogn. X 16 Wide 18
T. frigidula (DC.) Cogn. X 1 Wide 18
T. heteromalla (D.Don) Cogn. X 1 Wide 18
T. papyrus (Pohl) Toledo X 1 Restricted (Pirineus-Goiás, BR) 18
T. sellowiana Cogn. X 16 Wide 18
T. semidecandra (Schrank & Mart. ex DC.) Cogn. X 16 Restricted (São Paulo; Minas Gerais; Rio de Janeiro, BR) 18
T. stenocarpa (Schrank & Mart. ex DC.) Cogn. X 1; 15 Wide 18
T. trichopoda (DC.) Baill. X 30 Wide 18
T. villosissima (Triana) Cogn. X 1 Restricted (Minas Gerais; Goiás, BR) 18
Merianieae Adelobotrys rachidotricha Brade X 33 Restricted (Amazonas, BR) 46
Graffenrieda latifolia (Naudin) Triana X 42 Restricted (Venezuela; Eastern Caribbean) 57
Miconieae Clidemia bullosa DC. X 27 Wide 48
C. capitellata (Bonpl.) D.Don X 31 Wide 48
C. epibaterium DC. X 33 Wide 48
C. fendleri Cogn. X 42 Restricted (Venezuela) 48
C. hirta (L.) D.Don X 27 Wide 48
C. novemnervia (DC.) Triana X 33 Wide 48
C. rubra (Aubl.) Mart. X 33 Wide 48
C. ruddae Wurdack X 4 Restricted (México) 45
Conostegia macrantha O.Berg ex Triana X 22 Restricted (Costa Rica; Panamá) 45
Eriocnema fulva Naudin X 5 Restricted (Nova Lima-Minas Gerais, BR) 5
Leandra australis (Cham.) Cogn. X 16 Wide 43
L. dasytricha (A.Gray) Cogn. X 16 Wide 43
L. involucrata DC. X 41 Restricted (Minas Gerais, BR) 43
L. lacunosa Cogn. X 15 Wide 43
L. melastomoides Raddi X 16 Wide 43
L. purpurascens (DC.) Cogn. X 16 Wide 43
L. regnellii (Triana) Cogn. X 16 Wide 43
Maieta guianensis Aubl. X 33 Wide 29
Miconia alata (Aubl.) DC. X 33 Wide 14
M. albicans (Sw.) Triana X 15 Wide 14
M. angelana R.Romero & R.Goldenberg X 40 Restricted (Serra da Canastra-Minas Gerais, BR) 38
M. araguensis Wurdack X 42 Restricted (Venezuela) 48
M. argyrophylla DC. X 33 Wide 14
M. campestris Benth. & Triana X 33 Wide 14
M. chamissois Naudin X 44 Wide 14
M. ciliata (Rich.) DC. X 26 Wide 14
M. discolor DC. X X 8 Wide 14
M. dodecandra Cogn. X 42 Wide 14
M. egensis Cogn. X 33 Wide 14
M. elegans Cogn. X 8 Wide 14
M. fallax DC. X 15 Wide 14
M. ferruginata DC. X 1 Wide 14
M. ibaguensis (Bonpl.) Triana X 13 Wide 14
M. langsdorffii Cogn. X X 15; 41 Wide 14
M. latecrenata (DC.) Naudin X 16 Wide 14
M. lepidota DC. X 33 Wide 14
M. ligustroides (DC.) Naudin X 15 Wide 14
M. minutiflora (Bonpl.) DC. X 15 Wide 14
M. pepericarpa DC. X 15 Wide 14
M. petropolitana Cogn. X 16 Wide 14
M. pohliana Cogn. X 15 Wide 14
M. prasina (Sw.) DC. X 10; 33 Wide 14
M. pusilliflora (DC.) Naudin X 16 Wide 14
M. rubiginosa (Bonpl.) DC. X 15 Wide 14
M. sellowiana Naudin X 41 Wide 14
M. sintenisii Cogn. X 10 Restricted (Porto Rico) 45
M. spinulosa Naudin X 42 Restricted (Venezuela) 48
M. stenostachya DC. X 15 Wide 14
M. stephananthera Ule X 31 Wide 14
M. sylvatica Schldl. X 42 Wide 48
M. theaezans (Bonpl.) Cogn. X 8 Wide 14
M. tomentosa (Rich.) D.Don X 33 Wide 14
M. trianae Cogn. X 33 Restricted (São Paulo; Minas Gerais; Espírito Santo, BR) 14
M. tuberculata (Naudin) Triana X 6;42 Restricted (Venezuela) 48
Ossaea amygdaloides (DC.) Triana X 16 Wide 43
O. confertiflora (DC.) Triana X 16 Wide 43
Tococa bullifera Mart. & Schrank ex DC. X 33 Wide 28
Tococa guianensis Aubl. (syn. T. formicaria Mart.) X 44 Wide 28
Tococa coronata Benth. (syn. T. longisepala Cogn.) X 33 Restricted (Amazônia, BR) 28
Microlicieae Centradenia floribunda Planch. X 33 Restricted (Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras) 45
C. grandifolia Endl. ex Walp. X 2 Restricted (South of México; Costa Rica) 45
C. paradoxa (Kraenzl.) Almeda X 2 Restricted (Costa Rica; Panamá) 45
Lavoisiera imbricata (Thunb.) DC. X 1 Wide 48
Microlicia fasciculata Mart. ex Naudin X 1 Wide 39
M. inquinans Naudin X 1 Restricted (Serra da Canastra-Minas Gerais, BR) 37
M. viminalis (DC.) Triana X 1 Wide 39
Rhynchanthera dichotoma (Desr.) DC. X 19 Wide 35
R. grandiflora (Aubl.) DC. X 1 Wide 35
R novemnervia DC. X 9 Wide 35
Trembleya neopyrenaica Naudin X 1 Restricted (Goiás, BR) 24
T. parviflora (D.Don) Cogn. X X 1; 44 Wide 24
Rhexieae Rhexia alifanus Walt. X 20 Wide 20
R. aristosa Britton X 20 Wide 20
R. cubensis Griseb. X 20 Wide 20
R. lutea Walt. X 20 Wide 20
R. mariana L. X 33 Wide 20
R. nashii Small X 20 Wide 20
R. nuttallii James X 20 Restricted (Flórida, USA) 20
R. parviflora Chapm. X 20 Restricted (Flórida, USA) 20
R. petiolata Walt. X 20 Wide 20
R. salicifolia Kral & Bostick X 20 Restricted (Flórida, USA) 20
R. virginica L. X X 20; 21 Wide 20
** Cambessedesia espora (A.St.-Hil. ex Bonpl.) DC. X 1 Wide 24
** C. hilariana (Kunth) DC. X 11 Wide 24
** C. regnelliana Cogn. X 1 Restricted (Minas Gerais; Goiás, BR) 24

* Classification in tribe according to Renner (1993), Penneys et al. (2010) and Fritsch et al. (2004); ** unresolved polytomy (Fritsch et al., 2004).

SC, Self-compatible; SI, self-incompatible; AP, apomictic.