''Beccarianthus'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s belonging to the family
Melastomataceae
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, sh ...
.
Its native range is
Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...
to Philippines, New Guinea.
Species:
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Beccarianthus acutifolius''
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Beccarianthus ickisii''
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Beccarianthus insignis''
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Beccarianthus octodontus''
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Beccarianthus puberulus''
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Beccarianthus pulcher''
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Beccarianthus pulcherrimus''
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Beccarianthus robustus''
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Beccarianthus rufolanatus''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q8245512
Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae genera
Taxa named by Alfred Cogniaux