Within core melastomataceae, several major groups can be discerned fig. We are working on the systematics, biogeography, and evolution of plants. Guide to the genera of lianas and climbing plants of the. The genus monolena contains about 15 species distributed from guatemala to peru and acre in brazil warner, 2002. Read ferns and melastomataceae as indicators of vascular plant composition in rain forests of colombian amazonia, plant ecology on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Antplant association in two tococa species from a primary. Pdf colombia, biodiversity hotspot and major center of. With the surge of specialists in horticulture and the deterioration of highland forests in the andean region, the first studies on domestication of species are starting to appear.
Pdf three new species of monochaetum melastomataceae. Miconia prasina is a species of tree in the family melastomataceae. Here, we analyzed the components and assessed the antisnakebite potential of aqueous extracts of bark of b. Contribution to early holocene vegetation and climate history of eastern orinoco llanos, venezuela, from a paleoecological record of a mauritia l. Its members are found along the entire humid tropical belt but are most diverse in the new world, where twothirds of the species are found. General remarks on the genus and an introduction to perhaps the weirdest style in the melastomataceae. Melastomataceae is a pantropical family of myrtales dahlgren and thorne, 1984. Novel hosts of the eucalyptus canker pathogen chrysoporthe cubensis and a new. Aug 25, 2014 this page was last edited on 15 december 2019, at 23. Since scans are not currently available to screen readers, please contact jstor user support for access. Miconieae is a highly diverse clade mostly restricted to eastern brazil, with many narrowly distributed species. For the melastomataceae, memecylaceae and crypteroniaceae 179 species repre senting 151 genera. Anatomical methods included scanning electron microscopy, and serial sections of paraffinembedded flowers.
Data repatriation to colombia to be used in actual research. Molecules free fulltext phenolics and polyphenolics from. Melastomataceae article about melastomataceae by the free. American journal of botany botanical society of america. A list of all accepted names in melastomataceae is available in csv format. Molecular phylogenetics of melastomataceae and memecylaceae.
Melastomataceae synonyms, melastomataceae pronunciation, melastomataceae translation, english dictionary definition of melastomataceae. Melastomataceae name synonyms blakeaceae memecylaceae miconiaceae mouririaceae rhexiaceae homonyms melastomataceae common names melastomas in english melastomatacees in french bibliographic references. Pdf nomenclator botanicus for the neotropical genus miconia. Read revisions of pterogastra and schwackaea melastomataceae. Discovery of the eucalyptus canker pathogen chrysoporthe. This type of fruit was termed a velatidium by shoenberg 1976, a terminology subsequently adopted by baumgratz 19831985. In many species the hypanthium is free from the ovary and conceals ovary dehiscence. The melastomataceae family, the seventh largest flowering plants, has been studied in. Free access first record of a hop stunt viroid variant on nagpur mandarin and mosambi sweet orange trees on rough lemon and rangpur lime rootstocks p.
Phylogeny and classification of the melastomataceae. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. In this fruit type, the hypanthium at maturity can be about as long as it is wide, giving it a cup shape, or it can be considerably. In angiosperms, the ovary is part of the gynoecium that encloses the ovules angio. We focus on evolutionary diversification of birddispersed melastomes in the new world, in relation to that of their avian dispersers. Melastomataceae simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. New and reconsidered species of tropical american melastomataceae. Comparison of dpph free radical scavenging, ferric reducing antioxidant power frap, and total phenolic content of two meriania species melastomataceae. The melastomataceae are herbs, shrubs, or trees comprising about 200 genera and 4,000 species that are further characterized by having the major leaf veins usually 39 palmate and running in a parallel fashion from the base of the blade to near the leaf tip. Bhl relies on donations to provide free pdf downloads and other services. Longstanding interests are plantanimal interactions and the evolution of plant sexual systems and sex chromosomes. Its distinctive characters are discussed and comments made on differences between this and its allied taxa. The floral morphology and anatomy of 14 species was studied in six genera of nectarproducing melastomataceae blakea, brachyotum, charianthus, huilaea, meriania and miconia.
The clade has around 200 species that are usually shrubs or occasionally treelets, which produce berries with dozens of small seeds ca. A large family of dicotyledonous plants in the order myrtales characterized by an inferior ovary, axile placentation, up to twice as many stamens as petals. Myrtaceae plantations in colombia, and wild miconia rubiginosa trees melastomataceae. Pdf three new species of monochaetum melastomataceae from.
This clade includes behuria, cambessedesia, dolichoura, huberia and merianthera and occurs mainly at high elevations in the. Melastomataceae wikispecies, free species directory. Phenolics and polyphenolics from melastomataceae species ncbi. Melastomataceae is a large family in the order myrtales. More recent studies have shown that the fungus considered by wingfield et al. Melastomataceae contains more than 4,960 species in 188 genera. The few woody climbing species that have been studied have regular anatomical configuration with a large medulla fig. Between 156 and 166 genera 150160 in melastomataceae sensu stricto and six in memecylaceae here considered part of melastomataceae and ca. Melastomataceae tibouchina semidecandra at strybing arboretum, san francisco scientific classification. Distribution patterns of these two dispersal types differ. A systematic analysis of the melastomataceae, a pantropical family of about 4200.
We first examine in detail patterns of melastome fruit. Lectotypification of eighteen names in graffenrieda. Melastomataceae has always been considered a core family of the myrtales and this is supported by molecular phylogenetic analyses apg ii, 2003. Phenolics and polyphenolics from melastomataceae species. The effectiveness of aqueous extract of bellucia dichotoma cogn. Melastomataceae a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order myrtales. We would value your expertise to identify these media and find their rightful places in the appropriate category structure.
Chrysoporthe cubensis is one of the most serious canker pathogens on commercially grown eucalyptus species in the tropics and subtropics. Its largest genus and one of the largest in the flowering. Therefore, we predict that similar spatial and environmental trends would appear with other plants, including trees, if they were analyzed in an equally detailed way. Bertolonieae melastomataceae have traditionally comprised 100 neotropical species in bertolonia, boyania, macrocentrum, monolena, salpinga and triolena and another six species in the monospecific genera diolena, diplarpea, maguireanthus, opisthocentra, tateanthus and tryssophyton. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Included herein are pages providing images, descriptions of various taxonomic groups, current research around the world, bibliographic references, phylogenetics, melastomatologists, and other topics. Systematics and relationships of tryssophyton melastomataceae. The family melastomataceae alternatively melastomaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics two thirds of the genera are from the new world tropics comprising c. Miconia poecilantha is a species of plant in the family melastomataceae.
Melastomataceae was traditionally divided into tribes according to trianas classification published in 1866 and slightly modified in 1871. The family comprises an estimated 3,000 good species in the neotropics, 240 in africa, 230 on madagascar, and about 1,000 in asia. Melastomataceae have 459merous, usually diplostemonous flowers, with a welldeveloped hypanthium and free petals. Revision of the neotropical weevil genus atractomerus. It is quite a distinctive species because of its leaf under side covered in indument, and large flowers with long and clawed calyx teeth. In colombia, 37 species of this genus have been found. Colombia, biodiversity hotspot and major center of diversity for melastomataceae conference paper pdf available july 20 with 704 reads how we measure reads. Exudates are absent in all genera of melastomataceae. Jul 08, 2016 melastomataceae slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. The newly described genuskirkbridea is placed in the tribe.
Melastomeae, nordic journal of botany on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Pleistocene range expansions might explain striking. Volume 20, page 432 a synopsis of neotropical stylogyne myrsinaceae volume 20, page 437. Voucher specimens of both plant species were deposited in the herbarium, biology department, universidad del valle, cali, colombia. Three new species of monochaetum melastomataceae from colombia.
Earlier studies suggest that pteridophytes and melastomataceae show practically the same floristic patterns as trees, 21, 29. Meriania peltata is a species of plant in the family melastomataceae. Tahitis native flora endangered by the invasion of. Melastomataceae definition of melastomataceae by the free. Memecylaceae have 1locular ovaries with a free cen tral placenta or. Pdf two new species of graffenrieda melastomataceae.
Naudin by comparison of their uvvis and 1hnmr spectra with those reported in the literature as isoquercitrin. Contribution to early holocene vegetation and climate. Revisions of pterogastra and schwackaea melastomataceae. This paper proposes lectotypes for eighteen names in graffenrieda, including both accepted names and names currently treated as synonyms but which will be reinstated in forthcoming systematic treatments of the genus. The plant list includes 8,009 scientific plant names of species rank for the family melastomataceae. Melastomataceae, memecylaceae, project on the comparative. Mar 20, 2014 three new species of monochaetum melastomataceae. Cerulean warbler dendroica cerulea foraging behavior in.
Meriania hernandoi and meriania nobilis melastomataceae. In the absence of flowers, melastomataceae climbers can be recognized by its. Families with the highest importance value were melastomataceae, myrtaceae and lacistemataceae in forest, melastomataceae in scrub and poaceae and asteraceae in grassland. Two species of berryfruited melastomataceae are described as new. This work evaluated the antimicrobial activity of hexane, ethyl acetate, and methanol extracts of three species of marcetia marcetia canescens naud. Flavonoids and derivatives isolated from melastomataceae species. Aluminium accumulation in leaves of 127 species in. Melastomataceae, first introduced to tahiti french polynesia, south pacific ocean in 1937 as an ornamental plant, now covers over twothirds of the island. A site with information on the biodiversity of melastomataceae.
It is the eighth largest family in the basal angiosperms. Fruit a dry or fleshy capsule or a berry, loculicidally dehiscent or indehiscent. Graffenrieda jefensis, a panamanian endemic from cerro jefe, is characterized by a calyptrate. Anthocyanins and anthocyanidins isolated from melastomataceae species. The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. Aluminium accumulation in leaves of 127 species in melastomataceae, with comments on the order myrtales steven jansen, 1 toshihiro watanabe, 2, 3 and erik smets 1 1 laboratory of plant systematics, institute of botany and microbiology, k. Melastomataceae occur in all tropical biomes, are abundant, ecologically important, and comprise many horticulturally important species. Merianieae are described from the andean region of colombia northern andes in the departments of caldas. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or small trees. Download pdf magazines and ebook free usa, uk, australia. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Novel hosts of the eucalyptus canker pathogen chrysoporthe. Wingfielddiscovery of the eucalyptus canker pathogen chrysoporthe cubensis on native miconia melastomataceae in colombia. The melastomataceae family, the seventh largest flowering plants, has been studied in several fronts of natural product chemistry, including terpenoids, simple phenolics, flavonoids, quinones, lignans and their glycosides, as well as a vast range of tannins or polyphenols.
Graffenrieda santamartensis, miconia insueta, miconia oreogena, miconia tricaudata, huilaea kirkbridei, kirkbridea tetramera, kirkbridea pentamera. The potential of aqueous extracts of bellucia dichotoma. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. The genus triolena is in the family melastomataceae in the major group angiosperms flowering plants. The position of the tribe inside or outside sonerileae has been discussed since the first. Guyana, leaf anatomy, melastomataceae, molecular phylogeny, seeds, sonerileae. Systematic studies based on dna sequences have shown that some traditional tribal delimitations in melastomataceae remain unresolved, such as the merianthera and allies clade, an informal group which has not been formally assigned to a tribe. The family melastomataceae shows two major modes of dispersal for its small seeds. Evolution of growth form in epiphytic dissochaeteae. Species of melastomataceae contained within the plant list belong to 153 plant genera.
Four new melastomataceae from peru, 1927, the torrey botanical club, bulletin of the torrey botanical club, volume 54. Ferns and melastomataceae as indicators of vascular plant. Comparative anatomy and morphology of nectarproducing. If you use a screen reader this content is available through read online free program, which relies on page scans. In colombia are known around 36 species, including meriania nobilis and meriania hernandoi, used mainly as ornamental. A clear tangential arrangement of the vessels could be seen in r. Dispersal, environment, and floristic variation of western. Melastomataceae is a neotropical genus of shrubs and trees with around 93 species distributed through southern mexico, central america, the greater antilles, andean south america, the guaiana highlands, and south to southeastern brazil 3.