Melastomataceae

right|thumb|Characteristic venation of many melastomes thumb|Osbeckia muralis in [[Kerala]] Melastomataceae () is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or small trees.

Bertolonia is a genus consisting of 14 species of pretty, dwarf, creeping, tender perennials, native to tropical South America. These herbaceous plants are grown for their colorful, velvety, ornamental foliages, vary from shimmery white with purple, pink with purple, or bronze-green with carmine and lighter midribs, purple beneath. Leaves are coarsely hairy, oval 7 cm (3 in) long on short stalks. The plants bear clusters of small, bell-shaped flowers repeatedly, just above the leaves, color ranges from pink, red, yellow to purple.

Sonerila is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. This genus is characterized the by presence of three petals (along with the genera Stussenia and Lithobium) as opposed to five in the other members of the family. Most members of the genus prefer growing in shady habitats. It is a large genus including about 175 species.

Centradenia is a genus of 4-5 species of tropical evergreen perennials or subshrubs, native to Central America and Mexico.

Dissotis is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. It includes nine species of annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or small trees which are native to tropical Africa.

Astronia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

genus of plants

Oxyspora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Rhynchanthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Votomita is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Desmoscelis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Dichaetanthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Bellucia is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae.

Merianthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Sarcopyramis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. Its native range is tropical and subtropical Asia.

Calvoa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Scorpiothyrsus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Adelobotrys is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): Adelobotrys panamensis, Almeda

species of plant

Sporoxeia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Microlicia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to northern South America, particularly Brazil. They tend to be subshrubs.

Cincinnobotrys is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Topobea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. A 2013 study indicated that it is actually part of the genus Blakea.

thumb | right | alt=Scientific drawing of Antherotoma irvingiana. Stem with leaves, five-petaled pink flowers, hairy appearance | Antherotoma irvingiana Antherotoma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Acisanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. It contains 11 species and is found in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. It was described by Patrick Browne in 1756.

genus of plants

Melastomastrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Pterogastra is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Chaetolepis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Allomaieta is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Salpinga is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Comolia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Driessenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Cambessedesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Macrocentrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Rousseauxia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Phyllagathis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to India, southern China, Southeast Asia, and Malesia. The taxon is believed to be highly polyphyletic.

Pilocosta is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. Its native range is Costa Rica to Ecuador.

Heterocentron is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Dicellandra is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Siphanthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

genus of plants

Monolena is a genus of flowering plants, of the family Melastomataceae, consisting of about 15 species distributed from Guatemala to Peru and Acre, Brazil. They are primarily herbs of the wet tropical and cloud forests, often growing as epiphytes, but sometimes on rocks and in riparian zones near mountain streams.

Bredia is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. Species in this genus are characterized by papery leaf texture and persistent and enlarged ovary crown, enclosing an inverted frustum-shaped depression at capsule top. This genus includes at least 21 species, 15 distributed in mainland China, one in north Vietnam, five in Taiwan and one extending to the Ryukyu Islands.

Castratella is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Pachyloma is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. It includes four species native to northern South America, from Colombia to Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil. Pachyloma coriaceum – Colombia, northern Brazil, and Guyana Pachyloma huberioides – eastern Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil Pachyloma pusillum – Colombia (Guainía) and Venezuela (Amazonas) Pachyloma setosum – Colombia (Guainía) and Venezuela (Amazonas)

Wurdastom is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

genus of plants

Macairea are a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to South America. They are shrubs with terete branches, and have four petals per flower.

species of flowering plant

Catanthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

genus of plants

genus of plants

Poikilogyne is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Poilannammia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Centradeniastrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Dissochaeta is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. Species can be found in: Hainan and Indo-China through to Malesia; some, previously placed here, are now in the restored genus Diplectria.

Plagiopetalum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Ochthocharis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

Killipia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. It is now a synonym of Miconia .