Melastomataceae

Melastomataceae
Tibouchina semidecandra at Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Melastomataceae

Juss.
Genera

See text.

Melastomataceae is a large family in the order Myrtales. There are about 200 genera and 4,000 species.[1] It is the eighth largest family in the basal Angiosperms. Plants in the family are called Melastomes.

References

  1. ↑ "Flowering Plant Families, UH Botany". botany.hawaii.edu. 2005. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
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