Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Melastoma aquaticum Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 430(–432). 1775. – Hist. Pl. Guiane 3: t. 169. 1775. (as aquatica)

• Homotypic
  • Rhexia aquatica (Aubl.) Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 2(1): 650. 1798.
  • Spennera aquatica (Aubl.) Mart. ex DC., Prodr. 3: 116. 1828.
  • Aciotis aquatica (Aubl.) D.Don ex Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 174. 1830.
  • Spennera hydrophila Miq., Comm. Phytogr.: 75. 1840, nom. illeg.
  • Tibouchina aquatica (Aubl.) M.Gómez, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 67. 1894.

• Heterotypic
  • Spennera sieberi Steud., Flora 27(2): 720. 1844.
  • Spennera asphalti Crueg., Linnaea 20: 101. 1847. (as S. Asphalti)
  • Aciotis sieberi (Steud.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 52. 1871 [1872].
  • Homonoma aridum Bello, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10(2): 269. 1881.

Primary references

• 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. 
• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 3. Tt. 1–193. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. 
• Loudon, J.C. 1830. Loudon's Hortus britannicus. A catalogue of all the plants indigenous, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain. XXIV+576 pp. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Naudin, C. 1850. Melastomacearum quae in Musaeo Parisiensi continentur monographicae descriptionis et secundum affinitates distributionis tentamen. (Sequentia.) Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 3, 13: 25–39, 126–159, 273–303, 347–362, 14: 53–76, 118–165. BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL 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. 
• Triana, J. 1872 ["1871"]. Les Mélastomacées. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28: 1–188, tt. 1–7. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Almeda, F. 2001. Melastomataceae Juss. Pp. 1339–1419 in Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, Vol. 2, Angiospermas (Fabaceae–Oxalidaceae). (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online Reference page. 
• Almeda, F., Berry, P.E., Freire-Fierro, A., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Luckana, N.G., Michelangeli, F.A., Morley, T., Penney, D., Renner, S.S., Robinson, O.R., Wurdack, J.J. (†) & Yatskievych, K. 2007. Melastomataceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 397–417. BHL Reference page. 
• Berry, P.E. 2001. Nepsera. Pp. 482–483 in Berry, P.E., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Morley, T., Michelangeli, F.A., Luckana, N.G., Almeda, F., Renner, S.S., Freire-Fierro, A., Robinson, O.R. & Yatskievych, K., Melastomataceae. In Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6, Liliaceae–Myrsinaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-81-9. Reference page. 
• Wurdack, J.J. 1980. 138. Melastomataceae. In Harling, G. & Sparre, B. (eds.), Flora of Ecuador, No. 13: 1–406. University of Göteborg & Riksmuseum, Stockholm. ISBN 91-546-0281-5. Reference page. 
• Wurdack, J.J. 1993. Nepsera. Pp. 263–264 in Wurdack, J.J., Morley, T. & Renner, S., 99. Melastomataceae. In Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A. (ed.), Flora of the Guianas, Series A: Phanerogams, Fascicle 13. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, ISBN 3-87429-343-2. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Nepsera aquatica. Published online. Accessed: 05 February 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Nepsera aquatica.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Nepsera aquatica. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 February 05. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Nepsera aquatica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 February 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Nepsera aquatica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
• Nepsera aquatica in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Nepsera aquatica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 March 2019.
• Nepsera aquatica in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 05 February 2019.