Memecylon
Sign in to saveMemecylon is a plant group in Melastomataceae. It consists of 350-400 species of small to medium-sized trees and shrubs occurring in the Old World tropics. Memecylon is a monophyletic group basal to the Melastomataceae clade. Memecylon taxa have more than 600 published basionyms. Diversity of this group is concentrated in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyMelastomataceae
Native toAndaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic
Observations recorded39,300
General: Memecylon in New Guinea has been recorded from rain forest
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,075
- With media
- 3,587
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Collections
- CAS, NY, A
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Thailand, Philippines, Cameroon, Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Melastomataceae
- Image
- Memecylon edule-trimmed.jpg
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- taxon name
- Memecylon
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Memecylon
- Commons category
- Memecylon
- taxon common name
- 谷木属
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