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Melastomataceae

Meriania speciosa (Bonpl.) Naudin

Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Meriania

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Meriania speciosa: A handsome species reported from Colombia and Ecuador, and here at the botanical gardens of Bogota. One of the species known as Amarrabollis. In context at www.
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Synonyms

  • Chaetogastra speciosa (Bonpl.) DC.
  • Chastenaea longifolia Naudin
  • Meriania barbinervis (Klotzsch ex H.Karst.) Naudin
  • Meriania candollei Cogn.
  • Meriania grandidens Triana
  • Meriania karstenii Naudin
  • Meriania lindenii Cogn.
  • Meriania longifolia (Naudin) Cogn.
  • Meriania longifolia var. spruceana (Cogn.) Cuatrec.
  • Meriania macrantha Linden ex Planch.
  • Meriania majalis Benth.
  • Meriania spruceana Cogn.
  • Meriania trianae (H.Karst.) Cogn.
  • Meriania umbellata H.Karst.
  • Rhexia speciosa Bonpl.
  • Schwerinia barbinervis Klotzsch ex H.Karst.
  • Schwerinia speciosa (Bonpl.) H.Karst.
  • Schwerinia superba H.Karst.
  • Schwerinia trianae H.Karst.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.