Melastomataceae
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| Melastomataceae | |
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| Tibouchina semidecandra at Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae Juss. |
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Melastomataceae is a large family in the order Myrtales. There are about 200 genera and 4,000 species.[1] It is the eighth largest family in the basal Angiosperms. Plants in the family are called Melastomes.
References [change]
- ↑ "Flowering Plant Families, UH Botany". botany.hawaii.edu. 2005. http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/melastomat.htm. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
