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The genus Melastomastrum is in the family Melastomataceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Melastomastrum

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Melastomastrum afzelii A.Fern. & R.Fern.	Unresolved		IPNI
Melastomastrum autranianum A.Fern. & R.Fern.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melastomastrum capitatum (Vahl) A. Fern. & R. Fern.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melastomastrum cornifolium Jacq.-F	Unresolved		IPNI
Melastomastrum erectum Naudin	Unresolved		IPNI
Melastomastrum schlechteri A.Fern. & R.Fern.	Unresolved		IPNI
Melastomastrum segregatum (Benth.) A. Fern. & R. Fern.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Melastomastrum theifolium A. Fern. & R. Fern.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 15 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melastomastrum. Of these 4 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melastomastrum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 15 species names for the genus Melastomastrum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	26.7%
◕	Synonym	7	46.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	26.7%

All names

The status of the 17 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melastomastrum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	23.5%
◕	Synonym	9	52.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	4	23.5%

The confidence with which the status of the 15 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melastomastrum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	4	7	0	0	11	73.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	4	4	26.7%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Melastomastrum is as follows: