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MELASTOMATACEAE

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

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MELASTOMATACEAE

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  1. MELASTOMATACEAE

  2. magnoliids monocots Current Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Tree for Flowering Plants 2008 MELASTOMATACEAE

  3. MYRTALES- Melastomataceae

  4. Tibouchina - the best-known ornamental

  5. MELASTOMATACEAE • opposite leaves • 2 pair basal secondaries • ladder tertiaries • staminodes or stamen appendages • stamens 2x petals • hypanthium/inferior ovary

  6. MELASTOMATACEAE: • arcuate basal secondaries, -- including a marginal vein • perpendicular tertiaries

  7. Miconia calvescens, introduced to Hawaii

  8. Monochaetum

  9. Mouriri and Memecylon Mouriri Memecylon

  10. Origin of poricidal stamens and appendages in melastomes Memecylon Beccarianthus Melastoma Pollen sacs white, connective tissue and appendages shaded

  11. Buzz pollination of Melastomataceae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMvQSx2429U

  12. Miconia

  13. Miconia

  14. Brachyotum

  15. Blakea

  16. Clidemia hirta,Koster’s Curse Coster's curse growing densely under a young albizia plantation, Hawaii Island, Hawaii

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