Desrousseaux, L.A.J. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (9 February 1797), Melastome; Melastoma. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 4(1): 44-45 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cette plante croît naturellement au Brésil, & se trouve dans l'Herbier de Commerson. (v. s.)"

Don, D. (1823), An illustration of the natural family of plants called Melastomaceae. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 4: 295 [basionym]

basionym of: Pleroma granulosum (Desr.) D.Don legitimate

Cogniaux, C.A. in Martius, C.F.P. von (1 May 1885), Melastomaceae. Flora Brasiliensis 14(3): 340 [basionym]

basionym of: Tibouchina granulosa (Desr.) Cogn. legitimate

Guimarães, P.J.F., Michelangeli, F.A., Sosa, K. & Santiago, J.R. (October 2019), Systematics of Tibouchina and allies (Melastomataceae: Melastomateae): A new taxonomic classification. Taxon 68(5): 981 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "...(designated here): BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: a la moutague des Capucius, Jul 1767, Commerson s.n. (P barcode P00708953!; isolectotypes: C!, P barcodes P00708952 & P00708954!)."

Guimarães, P.J.F., Michelangeli, F.A., Sosa, K. & Santiago, J.R. (October 2019), Systematics of Tibouchina and allies (Melastomataceae: Melastomateae): A new taxonomic classification. Taxon 68(5): 981 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pleroma granulosum (Desr.) D.Don legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pleroma granulosum (Desr.) D.Don legitimate

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