Melastoma Denticulatum
''Melastoma denticulatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native from the Solomon Islands to the south Pacific. Taxonomy ''Melastoma denticulatum'' was first described by Jacques Labillardière in 1825. Its acceptance as a distinct species has varied. It is accepted by ''Plants of the World Online'', . It has also been treated as a synonym of ''Melastoma malabathricum'' and ''Melastoma affine'', and also as misapplied to ''Melastoma affine''. References

Melastoma, denticulatum Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago) Flora of the Pacific Plants described in 1825 {{Melastomataceae-stub ...
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Jacques Labillardière
Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (28 October 1755 – 8 January 1834) was a French biologist noted for his descriptions of the flora of Australia. Labillardière was a member of a voyage in search of the Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, La Pérouse expedition. He published a popular account of his journey and produced the first Flora (publication), Flora on the region. Early life Jacques Labillardière was born in Alençon, Normandy, France, on 28 October 1755. The ninth of 14 children of a lace merchant, he was born into a devoutly Roman Catholic family of modest means.Duyker (2003) p. 8. The surname ''Labillardière'' originated with Labillardière's grandfather, Jacques Houtou, who, in an affectation of nobility, appended the name of the family's estate, ''La Billardière'', after his surname. Labillardière was thus baptised under the surname ''Houtou de Labillardière'', but he later dropped the patronymic, retaining only ''Labillardière'' in both h ...
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