Melastomataceae genera

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.

Tessmannianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are seven species distributed in Central and South America. They are medium to large trees up to tall. The flowers are heterantherous, bearing two types of stamens. These plants are rare, and some are narrow endemics known from only one location.

Chalybea is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae with about 11 accepted species. It is found in parts of South and North America, including Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Nevada in the US,

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

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

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

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.

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

Fordiophyton are a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to Vietnam and southern China.

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

Pachycentria is a genus of epiphytic or terrestrial shrubs that grow up to 2.5 m tall, or rarely small trees up to 8 m tall, indigenous to Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, and New Guinea.

Arthrostemma 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.

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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.

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

Triolena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. They are found in southern Mexico southward to Bolivia. As of 1991 there were 20 to 25 species.

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

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Pternandra is a genus of trees in the Melastomataceae family. There are 17 species in the taxa. It is native to an area from northern Australia through Southeast Asia to Hainan, Zhōngguó/China and India. The botanist William Jack who named the taxa, died at 27 years of age, the year his description was published.

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

Wurdastom is a genus of flowering plants 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)

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

Rhexia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. Rhexia species are commonly called "meadow beauty" and 11 to 13 species of Rhexia have been recognized depending on different taxonomic treatments.

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

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

Castratella is a genus of flowering plant 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.

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

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

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Phainantha is a small genus of herbaceous climbers restricted to South America. It is a disjunct genus containing five species, four of which are found in the Guyana Shield tepuyes region while the fifth is endemic to the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Fritzschia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil. They are sprawling or erect shrubs, with their branchlets and their hypanthia coated with either glandular or villose trichomes.

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

Styrophyton is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. The only species is Styrophyton caudatum.

Opisthocentra is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. The only species is Opisthocentra clidemioides.

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

Sandemania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. The only known species is Sandemania hoehnei.

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

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