taxonomy:binomial :Osbekia zeylanica L.fFamily: MelastomaceaeOrder: Myrtales Series: CalycifloraeSub class: PolypetalaeClas: DicotsDistribution:In moist places near streams, Fond near the coast of Bay of bengal in Andhra pradesh of India. Limited to peninsular India and Sri Lanka.A beautiful herb found near the coast. Leaves, opposite, 3-nerved, Flowers terminal, in capitate heads, Flower tetramerous, perianth 4+4; stamens 8, anthers oblong, beaked, ovry 4 celled.
Microlicia insignis Mart. ex NaudinMELASTOMATACEAELocal: SMPW, APA Gama Cabea de Veado, Braslia, Brasil.Ref.: a) Martins, A.B. Melastomataceae. In. Wanderley, M.G.L. Flora Fanerogmica do Estado de So Paulo.Vol. 6, 2009; b) Faria, C.A. Melastomataceae Juss. no Parque Nacional de Braslia, Distrito Federal, Brasil. UnB, 2008.
Desmoscelis villosa (Aubl.) NaudinMELASTOMATACEAELocal: Lago Sul, Braslia, Brasil.Ref.: a) Medeiros, J.D. Guia de campo: vegetao do Cerrado 500 espcies. MMA, 2011; b) Martins, A.B. Melastomataceae. In. Wanderley, M.G.L. Flora Fanerogmica do Estado de So Paulo.Vol. 6, 2009.
to 2 m, young stems green flushed brown, peduncle green; calyx green, corolla very pale pink near white; fruit green maturing transluscent pale green-white Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/