%0 Journal Article
%A Shing-Fan Huang
%A Tseng-Chieng Huang
%T Notes on the Flora of Taiwan (11)—melastomataceae
%D 1991
%J Taiwania
%V 36
%N 2
%P 117-135
%U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/201
%X This study is based on dry specimens. Nineteen taxa belonging to 11 genera are treated. Bredia rotundifoia is treated as B. hirsute var. rotundifolia and Sarcopyramis delicate as S. napalensis var. delicate. Bredia penduliflora is treated as a synonym of B. gibba. Some species are treated by following author’s opinion, such as Barthea formosana as B. barthei, Osbeckia crinita as O. opipara, Sarcopiramis bodinieri as S. napalensis var. bodinieri. Lectotype of Medinilla hayataina is proposed. Notes are given. Convenient keys, mainly based on vegetative organ, are also proposed.
%M doi:10.6165/tai.1991.36.117