melastomataceae
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MELASTOMATACEAE
Current Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Tree
for Flowering Plants2008
magnoliids
monocots
MYRTALES- Melastomataceae
Tibouchina - the best-known ornamental
MELASTOMATACEAE•opposite leaves •2 pair basal secondaries•ladder tertiaries•staminodes or stamen appendages•stamens 2x petals•hypanthium/inferior ovary
MELASTOMATACEAE:arcuate basal secondaries, -- including a marginal veinperpendicular tertiaries
Miconia calvescens, introduced to Hawaii
Monochaetum
Mouriri and Memecylon
Mouriri
Memecylon
Pollen sacs white, connective tissue and appendages shaded
Origin of poricidal stamens and appendages in melastomes
Beccarianthus
Memecylon
Melastoma
Buzz pollination of Melastomataceae
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMvQSx2429U
Miconia
Miconia
Brachyotum
Blakea
Clidemia hirta, Koster’s Curse
Coster's curse growing densely under a young albizia plantation, Hawaii Island, Hawaii
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