Taxon Profile:

	The Plant List
	International Plant Name Index
	Tropicos
	Catalogue of Life
	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
	JSTOR Types
	JSTOR
	BHL
	Encyclopedia of Life
	WikiSpecies
	Google Scholar
	PubMed
	Morphbank
	IUCN
	National Center for Biotechnology Information
	Barcode of Life

Family:

Melastomataceae (Magnoliophyta)

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Description:

Description Author and Date: Frank Almeda, based on Almeda, F. (2009). Melastomataceae. In: G. Davidse, M. Sousa-Sânchez, S. Knapp, & F. Chiang (eds.), Flora Mesoamericana: Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): 164-338.

Description: Shrub very much like L. melanodesma in all characters except some pubescence details; abaxial foliar surface moderately to copiously stellulate puberulent (on primary and higher order veins) and sparsely puberulent (on the surface) with pinoid to stipitate-stellate hairs and sometimes sparsely setose basally along the primary veins; hypanthium sparsely to moderately stellulate puberulent and sometimes (especially basally) sparsely setulose. 2n=34.

Habitat and Distribution: Cloud forest, disturbed roadsides, cultivated fields. 1400-2800 m. (W. and S. Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador.) MEXICO: Chiapas (Breedlove & Almeda, CAS); GUATEMALA (Contreras 11024, CAS); HONDURAS (Croat & Hannon 63788, CAS); EL SALVADOR (Croat 42489, CAS); COSTA RICA (Standley & Williams 1963:458); PANAMA (Allen 1343, MO).

Taxonomy and Systematics: This species is doubtfully worthy of species status. An analysis of the pubescence differences between it and L. melanodesma is needed from throughout their extensive neotropical range.

Notes: [Description based only on Mesoamerican specimens.]