Relationship: Deviation
iNaturalist Canada | Plants of the World Online | |
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Species Melastoma affine (parent: Genus Melastoma) | Many-to-one | Subspecies Melastoma malabathricum malabathricum (parent: Species Melastoma malabathricum) |
Subspecies Melastoma malabathricum malabathricum (parent: Species Melastoma malabathricum) |
The Australian Plant Census and APNI treat M. affine as distinct. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/113262/api/apni-format Flora of Australia also notes that M. affine is distinct (see section Taxonomic Notes at https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Melastoma%20affine)
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