Genus of flowering plants

Mecranium

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Myrtales
Family:  | Melastomataceae
Genus:  | Mecranium
Hook.f.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]

* Ekmaniocharis Urb.

Mecranium is a plant genus in the family Melastomataceae.

## Species[edit]

The Plant List and Tropicos recognise 23 accepted species:[2]

1. Mecranium acuminatum (DC.) Skean
2. Mecranium alpestre Urb. & Ekman
3. Mecranium amygdalinum (Desr.) C.Wright
4. Mecranium axillare (Macfad.) Skean
5. Mecranium birimosum (Naudin) Triana
6. Mecranium crassinerve (Urb.) Skean
7. Mecranium haemanthum Triana ex Cogn.
8. Mecranium haitiense Urb.
9. Mecranium integrifolium (Naudin) Triana
10. Mecranium latifolium (Cogn.) Skean
11. Mecranium microdictyum Urb. & Ekman
12. Mecranium multiflorum (Desr.) Triana
13. Mecranium obtusifolium Cogn.
14. Mecranium ovatum Cogn.
15. Mecranium plicatum Urb.
16. Mecranium puberulum Cogn.
17. Mecranium purpurascens (DC.) Triana
18. Mecranium racemosum (Griseb.) C.Wright
19. Mecranium revolutum Skean & Judd
20. Mecranium septentrionale Skean
21. Mecranium tricostatum Urb. & Ekman
22. Mecranium tuberculatum Urb.
23. Mecranium virgatum (Sw.) Triana

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Genus: Mecranium Hook.f." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 17 September 1996. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
2. ^ "Mecranium". The Plant List. Retrieved 24 February 2015.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5428584
* Wikispecies: Mecranium
* EoL: 61744
* GBIF: 3188497
* GRIN: 7361
* IPNI: 312521-2
* IRMNG: 1087884
* ITIS: 27717
* NCBI: 263278
* PLANTS: MECRA
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:312521-2
* Tropicos: 40015386
* WFO: wfo-4000023426

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