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Taxon: Heterocentron subtriplinervium (Link & Otto) A. Braun & C. D. Bouché

Genus: Heterocentron
Family: Melastomataceae.
Nomen number: 18943
Place of publication: A. C. H. Braun et al., Sp. nov. min. cogn. 3. 1851 (Linnaea 25:300. 1853)
Name verified on: 06-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-May-2011
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Almeda, pers. comm.)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Mexico

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • PACIFIC
    North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Caribbean: Jamaica

      Cultivated:
    Asia

References:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
  • Almeda, F. 2012. Review of Melastomataceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
  • Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.
  • Wagner, W. L. et al. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
  • Whiffin, T. 1973. Analysis of a hybrid swarm between Heterocentron elegans and H. glandulosum (Melastomataceae). Taxon 22:413–423.
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Check other web resources for Heterocentron subtriplinervium (Link & Otto) A. Braun & C. D. Bouché:


Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?18943 (22 May 2013)

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