Don, D. (1823), An illustration of the natural family of plants called Melastomaceae. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 4: 309 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Melastoma hirtum L. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Melastoma hirta L. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Melastoma hirtum L. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

Judd, W.S., Ionta, G.M., Majure, l.C. & Michelangeli, F.A. (20 November 2018), Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Miconia crenata and related species (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) in the Greater Antilles. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 12(2): 524 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Miconia crenata (Vahl) Michelang. legitimate

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