melastomataceae
DESCRIPTION
MELASTOMATACEAE. magnoliids. monocots. Current Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Tree for Flowering Plants 2008. MELASTOMATACEAE. MYRTALES- Melastomataceae. Tibouchina - the best-known ornamental. MELASTOMATACEAE opposite leaves 2 pair basal secondaries ladder tertiaries - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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MELASTOMATACEAE
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Current Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Tree
for Flowering Plants2008
magnoliids
monocots
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MYRTALES- Melastomataceae
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Tibouchina - the best-known ornamental
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MELASTOMATACEAE•opposite leaves •2 pair basal secondaries•ladder tertiaries•staminodes or stamen appendages•stamens 2x petals•hypanthium/inferior ovary
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MELASTOMATACEAE:arcuate basal secondaries, -- including a marginal veinperpendicular tertiaries
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Miconia calvescens, introduced to Hawaii
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Monochaetum
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Mouriri and Memecylon
Mouriri
Memecylon
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Pollen sacs white, connective tissue and appendages shaded
Origin of poricidal stamens and appendages in melastomes
Beccarianthus
Memecylon
Melastoma
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Buzz pollination of Melastomataceae
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMvQSx2429U
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Miconia
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Miconia
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Brachyotum
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Blakea
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Clidemia hirta, Koster’s Curse
Coster's curse growing densely under a young albizia plantation, Hawaii Island, Hawaii