<Unknown Taxon>

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 651-689 : 662

Melastoma acinodendron Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 389. 1753.

“Habitat in America calidiore.” RCN: 3068.

Lectotype (Howard & Kellogg in J. Arnold Arbor. 67: 235. 1986): Herb. Clifford: 162, Melastoma 1 (BM-000558744).

Current name: Miconia acinodendron (L.) D. Don (Melastomataceae).