Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Melastoma ornatum Sw., Prodr.: 69. 1788. (as ornata)

• Homotypic
  • Osbeckia ornata (Sw.) Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 2(1): 647(–649). 1798.
  • Rhexia ornata (Sw.) Rich. in Humb. & Bonpl., Monogr. Melast. 2(15): 69(–71), t. 26. 1813.
  • Tibouchina ornata (Sw.) Baill., Adansonia 12: 74. 1877.
• Heterotypic
  • Rhexia strigosa Rich., Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 108. 1792. (as Strigosa)
  • Chaetogastra strigosa (Rich.) DC., Prodr. 3: 134. 1828.
  • Pleroma strigosum (Rich.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 47. 1871 [1872].
  • Tibouchina strigosa (Rich.) Cogn., Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 266(–267). 1891.
  • Rhexia inconstans Vahl
  • Chaetogastra inconstans (Vahl) P.J.F.Guim. & Michelang. (2019)

• Misapplied names
  • Melastoma strigosum sensu Spreng., Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 2: 171(–172). 1821. – non Melastoma strigosum L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 236. 1781 [1782].

Primary references

• Triana, J.J. 1872. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28(1): 44.
• Cogniaux, A. 1891. Melastomaceae. In De Candolle, A. & De Candolle, C. (eds.), Monographiae phanerogamarum Prodromi nunc continuatio, nunc revisio, Vol. 7. 1256 pp. G. Masson, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Ordo LXXVI. Melastomaceae. Pp. 99–202 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 3, Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Humboldt, A. & Bonpland, A. 1806–1823. Monographia Melastomacearum, continens Plantas hujus ordinis, hucusque collectas, praesertim per regnum Mexici, in provinciis Venezuelae et Novae Andalusiae, in Peruvianorum, Quitensium, Novae Granatae Andibus, ad Orinoci, Fluvii Nigri, fluminis Amazonum ripas nascentes. Vol. 2: Rhexiae. II+158 pp., 60 tt., index. Gide filium, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Richard, L. 1792. Catalogus plantarum, ad societatem, ineunte anno 1792, e Cayenna missarum a domino Le Blond. Actes de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 105–114. BHL Reference page. 
• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. 
• Swartz, O. 1798–1800. Flora Indiae occidentalis aucta atque illustrata sive descriptiones plantarum in prodromo recensitarum. Tomus II. Pp. 643–1230[+2 pp. err.] J.J.Palm, Erlangae [Erlangen]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fournet, J. 2002. 95. Melastomataceae. Pp. 833–868 in Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique, Tome 1, Nouv. éd. CIRAD, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Montpellier. ISBN 2-908490-26-9. Reference page. 
• Guimarães, P.J.F., Michelangeli, F.A., Sosa, K. & de Santiago Gómez, J.R. 2019. Systematics of Tibouchina and allies (Melastomataceae: Melastomateae): A new taxonomic classification. Taxon 68(5): 937-1002. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12151 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pleroma ornatum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pleroma ornatum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pleroma ornatum. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pleroma ornatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Dec. 2021.