Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 390 [tax. nov.]

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

basionym of: Clidemia hirta (L.) D.Don legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Melastoma hirta L. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Clidemia hirta (L.) D.Don legitimate

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 [secondary reference]

• Type: "TYPE: JAMAICA: without definite locality, P. Browne s.n. (LECTOTYPE, designated by R.A. Howard, 1989: LINN 559.1!). Non Miconia hirta Cogn. in Rusby, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3 (3): 31. 1893."

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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