Chaetogastra mollis

Chaetogastra mollis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Melastomateae
Genus: Chaetogastra
Species: Chaetogastra mollis

Name

Chaetogastra mollis (Bonpl.) DC., Prodr. 3: 134. 1828.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Rhexia mollis Bonpl., Monogr. Melast. 2: 50, t. 19. 1808.
• Homotypic
  • Tibouchina mollis (Bonpl.) Cogn., in Mart. (ed.), Fl. Bras. 14(3): 349. 1885.
• Heterotypic
  • Micranthella candollei Naudin, Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 3, 13: 352. 1850.
  • Pleroma exappendiculatum Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 47. 1871-1872.
  • Tibouchina inappendiculata Baill., Adansonia 12: 74. 1877.
  • Tibouchina mollis var. glandulifera Wurdack, Phytologia 5: 54. 1954.
  • Tibouchina mollis var. patenter-villosa Gilli, Feddes Repert. 92(9-10): 683. 1981.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America ^* Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 3: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. 494 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 134.

Additional references

• Cogniaux, C.A., in Martius, C.F.P. von (ed.) (1885) Fl. Bras. 14 (3): 349.
• Guimarães, P.J.F., Michelangeli, F.A., Sosa, K. & de Santiago Gómez, J.R. 2019. Systematics of Tibouchina and allies (Melastomataceae: Melastomateae): A new taxonomic classification. Taxon 68(5): 937-1002. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12151 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Chaetogastra mollis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Chaetogastra mollis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Chaetogastra mollis. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2020.

Vernacular names

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