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

basionym: Melastoma heteromallum D.Don legitimate

Cogniaux, C.A. in Martius, C.F.P. von (1 May 1885), Melastomaceae. Flora Brasiliensis 14(3): 336 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tibouchina heteromalla (D.Don) 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]

nomenclatural synonym: Melastoma heteromallum D.Don legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Tibouchina heteromalla (D.Don) Cogn. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Pleroma heteromalla D.Don orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Melastoma heteromalla D.Don orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Melastoma heteromallum D.Don legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Tibouchina heteromalla (D.Don) Cogn. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (doubtfully naturalised)

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