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| regnum = [[Plantae]]
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| genus = Melastoma
| unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
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| species =sanguineum
| unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
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| authority = [[John Sims (taxonomist)|Sims]]<ref name="ITIS" />
| unranked_subclassis = [[Rosids]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Melastomataceae]]
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| genus = ''[[Melastoma]]''
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| species = '''''M. sanguineum'''''
| binomial = ''Melastoma sanguineum''
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'''''Melastoma sanguineum''''' is called red melastome or fox-tongued melastoma in English. They are erect shrubs or small slender trees with medium sized violet-pink colored flowers with 6 petals that have made them attractive for cultivation. The leaves have the 5 distinctive longitudinal veins (nerves) typical of plants in the family [[Melastomataceae]].
'''''Melastoma sanguineum''''' is called '''red melastome''' or '''fox-tongued melastoma''' in English. They are erect shrubs or small slender trees with medium-sized violet-pink colored flowers with 6 petals that have made them attractive for cultivation. The leaves have the 5 distinctive longitudinal veins (nerves) typical of plants in the family [[Melastomataceae]].


==Description==
==Description==
''Melastoma sanguineum'' are erect shrubs or small trees up to 2 to 4 m tall.<ref name="Wagner" /> Leaves are ovate-lanceolate 10 to 20 cm long with short stiff red hairs on the margins and underneath.
''Melastoma sanguineum'' are erect shrubs or small trees up to 2 to 4 m tall.<ref name="Wagner" /> Leaves are ovate-lanceolate 10 to 20&nbsp;cm long.


Fruit in the form of berries 15 mm long with 6 cells and many small seeds. Chromosome number 2''n'' = 56.<ref name="Wagner" />
Fruit in the form of berries 15&nbsp;mm long with 6 cells and many small seeds. Chromosome number 2''n'' = 56.<ref name="Wagner" />


==Distribution==
==Distribution==
Native to [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Java]], [[Sumatra]], [[Vietnam]], and southern [[China]].<ref name="Wagner" /> Occasionally cultivated in [[Hawaii]]. Naturalized populations have escaped cultivation and are spreading on [[Hawaii Island]] near Keaukaha and on the highway to [[Hilo]] from [[Hawaii Volcanoes National Park]].<ref name="Wagner" />
Native to [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Java]], [[Sumatra]], [[Vietnam]], and southern [[China]].<ref name="Wagner" /> Occasionally cultivated in [[Hawaii]]. Naturalized populations have [[escaped plant|escaped cultivation]] and are spreading on [[Hawaii Island]] in the Keaukaha area and on the highway from [[Hawaii Volcanoes National Park]] to [[Hilo]].<ref name="Wagner" />



==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
''M. sanguineum'' was first described by John Sims in 1821 (Botanical Magazine 48: , pl. 2241).<ref name="Tropicos" />
''Melastoma sanguineum'' was first described by [[John Sims (taxonomist)|John Sims]] in 1821 (Botanical Magazine 48: pl. 2241).<ref name="Tropicos" />


== References ==
== References ==
<references>
<references>
<ref name="ITIS">[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=503738#null ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System Report Page ''Melastoma sanguineum'' Lour.]</ref>
<ref name="ITIS">[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=503738#null ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System Report Page ''Melastoma sanguineum'' Sims]</ref>
<ref name="Wagner">{{Cite book | last1= Wagner | first1= Warren L. | last2= Herbst | first2= Derral R.| last3= Sohmer | first3= S.H. | title= Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai`i | series= Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication | publisher= University of Hawaii Press | year= 1999 | pages= 910-911 | isbn= 0-8248-2166-1 }}</ref>
<ref name="Wagner">{{Cite book | last1= Wagner | first1= Warren L. | last2= Herbst | first2= Derral R.| last3= Sohmer | first3= S.H. | title= Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai`i | series= Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication | publisher= University of Hawaii Press | year= 1999 | pages= 910–911 | isbn= 0-8248-2166-1 }}</ref>
<ref name= "Tropicos">[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/20305182 Tropicos - Missouri Botanical Garden. Name Search > ''Melastoma sanguineum'' Sims]</ref>
<ref name= "Tropicos">[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/20305182 Tropicos - Missouri Botanical Garden. Name Search > ''Melastoma sanguineum'' Sims]</ref>
</references>
</references>

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[[Category:Melastoma|sanguineum]]
[[Category:Melastoma|sanguineum]]
[[Category:Trees of Hawaii]]
[[Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status]]

Latest revision as of 22:31, 28 July 2022

Melastoma sanguineum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Melastoma
Species:
M. sanguineum
Binomial name
Melastoma sanguineum

Melastoma sanguineum is called red melastome or fox-tongued melastoma in English. They are erect shrubs or small slender trees with medium-sized violet-pink colored flowers with 6 petals that have made them attractive for cultivation. The leaves have the 5 distinctive longitudinal veins (nerves) typical of plants in the family Melastomataceae.

Description

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Melastoma sanguineum are erect shrubs or small trees up to 2 to 4 m tall.[2] Leaves are ovate-lanceolate 10 to 20 cm long.

Fruit in the form of berries 15 mm long with 6 cells and many small seeds. Chromosome number 2n = 56.[2]

Distribution

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Native to Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Vietnam, and southern China.[2] Occasionally cultivated in Hawaii. Naturalized populations have escaped cultivation and are spreading on Hawaii Island in the Keaukaha area and on the highway from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to Hilo.[2]

Taxonomy

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Melastoma sanguineum was first described by John Sims in 1821 (Botanical Magazine 48: pl. 2241).[3]

References

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  1. ^ ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System Report Page Melastoma sanguineum Sims
  2. ^ a b c d Wagner, Warren L.; Herbst, Derral R.; Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai`i. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 910–911. ISBN 0-8248-2166-1.
  3. ^ Tropicos - Missouri Botanical Garden. Name Search > Melastoma sanguineum Sims
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