''Graffenrieda'' is a genus of flowering plants in 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 ...

. There are about 44 species. Most occur in

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

. A few are distributed in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

,Almeda, F., M. Alvear, and H. Mendoza. (2014)
Two new species of ''Graffenrieda'' (Melastomataceae: Merianieae) from Colombia and Panama.
''Phytotaxa'' 163(1) 39-47.

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

and the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

.Goldenberg, R., & Meirelles, J. (2011)
A new species of ''Graffenrieda'' (Merianieae, Melastomataceae) with a calyptrate calyx.
''Systematic Botany'', 36(1), 119-123. Species include: *'' Graffenrieda bella'' *'' Graffenrieda caudata'' *''

Graffenrieda glandulosa ''Graffenrieda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 44 species. Most occur in South America. A few are distributed in Mexico,Almeda, F., M. Alvear, and H. Mendoza. (2014)Two new species of ''Graffenrieda ...

'' *'' Graffenrieda grandifolia'' *'' Graffenrieda harlingii'' *'' Graffenrieda jefensis'' *'' Graffenrieda maklenkensis'' *'' Graffenrieda penneysii''Michelangeli, F. A., & Ulloa, C. U. (2013)
A new species of ''Graffenrieda'' (Melastomataceae) from the Andes in southern Ecuador.
''Phytotaxa'', 77(3), 43-48. *'' Graffenrieda phoenica'' *'' Graffenrieda robusta'' *'' Graffenrieda trichanthera''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3113204 Melastomataceae genera