Memecylaceae

DC. Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...

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family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

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. The family included about 430 species of

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shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

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genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

. Memecylaceae are widespread in the tropics. The family has now been included within the

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 ...

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APG III system The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). Published in 2009, it was superseded in 2016 by a fur ...

of classification,. When classified alone, this family included the following genera: *''

Lijndenia ''Lijndenia'' is a genus of plant in family Melastomataceae. The genus includes 13 species. Species include: * '' Lijndenia barteri'' K. Bremer * '' Lijndenia bequaertii'' (De Wild.) Borhidi * '' Lijndenia brenanii '' (A. Fern. & R. Fern.) J ...

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Memecylon ''Memecylon'' 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 ...

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Mouriri ''Mouriri'' is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. Species include: * '' Mouriri completens'', (Pitt.) Burret * '' Mouriri gleasoniana'', Standl. Paul Carpenter Standley (March 21, 1884 – June 2, 1963) was an American botanist ...

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Warneckea ''Warneckea'' is a genus of plant in family Melastomataceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): * ''Warneckea cordiformis'' R. D. Stone * ''Warneckea memecyloides'' (Benth.) H.Jacques-Felix * ''Warneckea wildean ...

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Myrtales Historically recognized angiosperm families {{rosid-tree-stub