Blume, C.(K.)L. von (1831), Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 14: 481 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Fragarius niger Rumph. Herb. amb. IV p. 137. tab. 72. ... Jam peregrinator meritissimus Sonnerat specimina Javanica hujus plantae reportaverat ..."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 293 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma malabathricum L. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 292 [basionym]

basionym of: Melastoma malabathricum var. polyanthum (Blume) Benth. legitimate

Cogniaux, C.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. & Candolle, A.C.P. (1881), Cucurbitaceae. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 354 [secondary reference]

Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. Jnr (1943), A contribution to the knowledge of the Melastomataceae occuring in the Malay Archipelago especially in the Netherlands East Indies: 64-69 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Melastoma malabathricum var. polyanthum (Blume) Benth. legitimate

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 273 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 192 [secondary reference]

common name: Native Lasiandra [n/a] common name: Blue Tongue [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 145 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma affine D.Don legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Melastomataceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 219 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma affine D.Don legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 47 [secondary reference]

Whiffin, T.P. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Melastomataceae. Flora of Australia 18: 248 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melastoma affine D.Don legitimate

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Melastomataceae. Flora of New South Wales 2: 198 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma affine D.Don legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 186 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma affine D.Don legitimate

Meyer, K. (2001), Revision of the Southeast Asian genus Melastoma (Melastomataceae). Blumea 46(2): 364 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma malabathricum L. subsp. malabathricum legitimate

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Melastomataceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 232 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Melastoma affine D.Don legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melastoma affine D.Don legitimate

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