Tristemma

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Melastomateae
Genus: Tristemma
Species: T. akeassii – T. albiflorum – T. camerunense – T. coronatum – T. demeusei – T. hirtum – T. involucratum – T. leiocalyx – T. littorale – T. mauritianum – T. oreophilum – T. oreothamnos – T. rubens – T. schliebenii – T. vestitum

Tristemma Juss., Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 329. (1789)

Heterotypic
- Tetraphyllaster Gilg in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 266 (1897)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar
- Introduced into:
  - Mauritius, Queensland, Réunion

Jussieu, A.L. de 1789. Genera plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam. 498 pp. Paris: Herissant et Theophile Barrois. BHL Reference page. : 329.

Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Tristemma. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 11. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2017. Tristemma. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Tristemma. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 11 2017. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Tristemma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Nov. 2017. Reference page.