Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Melastomataceae
Parent taxon: Melastomaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Acrovena, Derosiphia, Feliciadamia, Medinilla, Melastoma, Melastomaceophyllum, Nephoanthus, Osbeckia, Physophyllum, Tibouchina
Subtaxa: Melastomites americanus Melastomites druidum
Type: Melastomites druidum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Bolivia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (3)
• Miocene of Germany (13), the Russian Federation (2)
• Tertiary of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Paleocene of United States (4: Montana)
• Paleogene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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