Melastomataceae

Genera 171 Accepted species 6,479 Documented here 317 Coverage 5%

We document 317 of the 6,479 accepted species in Melastomataceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 57 of 171

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Miconia 141 1,950
Blakea 16 207
Chaetogastra 11 125
Medinilla 9 389
Meriania 9 128
Monochaetum 9 54
Rhexia 9 118
Memecylon 7 370
Brachyotum 6 55
Melastoma 6 213
Mouriri 6 91
Osbeckia 6 49
Pleroma 6 188
Heterocentron 4 18
Microlicia 4 349
Triolena 4 28
Aciotis 3 17
Arthrostemma 3 5
Axinaea 3 46
Bredia 3 23
Centradenia 3 5
Henriettea 3 73
Andesanthus 2 9
Antherotoma 2 11
Bellucia 2 22
Blastus 2 11
Cambessedesia 2 29
Chaetolepis 2 11
Ernestia 2 14
Marcetia 2 41
Pterolepis 2 20
Rhynchanthera 2 26
Sonerila 2 205
Amphorocalyx 1 5
Argyrella 1 8
Astronia 1 64
Barthea 1 1
Bucquetia 1 3
Castratella 1 2
Desmoscelis 1 2
Dichaetanthera 1 41
Dissochaeta 1 29
Graffenrieda 1 66
Heterotis 1 6
Macrocentrum 1 28
Melastomastrum 1 7
Monolena 1 16
Nephoanthus 1 2
Nepsera 1 1
Oxyspora 1 34
Pilocosta 1 5
Pterogastra 1 3
Rosettea 1 21
Sarcopyramis 1 4
Schwackaea 1 1
Tibouchina 1 52
Tristemma 1 15

Genera we do not yet document 114 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.