Clidemia hirta

Alvear, Marcela, Ocampo, Gilberto, Parra-O, Carlos & Almeda, Eduino Carbonó And Frank, 2015, Melastomataceae of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia): floristic affinities and annotated catalogue, Phytotaxa 195 (1), pp. 1-30 : 19

Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don

Bas.: Melastoma hirtum L.

Type: Central America, precise locality unknown, Collector unknown s.n. ( HT: LINN, IDC microfiche).

Herb, Shrub, Tree. Amazonia, Andes, Guayana, Caribbean lowlands, Eastern Plains, Pacific lowlands, SNSM, V Cauca, V Magdalena. 0–2300 m.

Dept.: AMA, ANT, BOL, BOY, CAQ, CAS, CAU, CHO, CÓR, CUN, GUI, GUJ, GUV, HUI, MAG, MET, NAR, NSA, PUT, RIS, SAN, TOL, VAL, VAU.

Distr.: Mesoamerica to N and C South America; Greater Antilles; introduced in the Old World tropics.

Voucher: Carbonó 1477 ( UTMC).