Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1914-2013)
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.

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vol. 45 (1958)

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t. 91 p. 278

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name cited:
Heterotrichum octonum (Bonpl.) DC.
name cited (basionym):
Melastoma octonum Bonpl.
name recognized:
Clidemia octona (Bonpl.) L.O. Williams
name recognized (basionym):
Melastoma octonum Bonpl.

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drawing: B.S. Velick

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family: Melastomataceae

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epithet: octonus,-a,-um

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Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.

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link to this page:
https://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=116495

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synonyms:

homotypic synonyms:
Heterotrichum octonum (Bonpl.) DC.; Melastoma octonum Bonpl.; Staphidium octonum (Bonpl.) Naudin;