TY -JOUR AU -Shing-Fan Huang AU -Tseng-Chieng Huang TI -Notes on the Flora of Taiwan (11)—melastomataceae PY -1991 DA -0000-00-00 JO -Taiwania VL -36 IS -2 SP -117 EP -135 UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/201 AB -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. DO -10.6165/tai.1991.36.117