Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or small trees.
Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 103 genera and about 1600 species.
Combretum, the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but there are others that are native to tropical Asia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, Australia, and tropical America. Though somewhat reminiscent of willows (Salix) in their habitus, they are not particularly close relatives of these.
Memecylon is a plant group in Melastomataceae. It consists of 350-400 species of small to medium-sized trees and shrubs occurring in the Old World tropics. Memecylon is a monophyletic group basal to the Melastomataceae clade. Memecylon taxa have more than 600 published basionyms. Diversity of this group is concentrated in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia.
Warneckea is a genus of plants in family Melastomataceae.
Dissotis is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. It includes nine species of annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or small trees which are native to tropical Africa.
Walter Carl Otto Busse was a German botanist, whose primary scholarly focus was on German agriculture and the plants, fungi and lichen of Africa.
Argyrella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Calvoa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Chytranthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. It includes 32 species of small trees and shrubs native to tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea eastwards to Kenya and Tanzania and south to Angola. Most species have a palm-like habit, with large pinnate leaves and unbranched trunks.
Guyonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Melastomastrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Dissotidendron is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Dupineta is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Nothodissotis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Heterotis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Rosettea is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. It includes 21 species native to tropical Africa.
