Macairea Explained

Macairea are a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to South America. They are shrubs with terete branches, and have four petals per flower.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:

• Macairea axilliflora Wurdack
• Macairea cardonae Wurdack
• Macairea chimantensis Wurdack
• Macairea cuieirasii S.S.Renner
• Macairea duidae Gleason
• Macairea lanata Gleason
• Macairea lasiophylla (Benth.) Wurdack
• Macairea linearis Gleason
• Macairea maroana Wurdack
• Macairea multinervia Benth.
• Macairea neblinae Wurdack
• Macairea pachyphylla Benth.
• Macairea parvifolia Benth.
• Macairea philipsonii S.S.Renner
• Macairea radula DC.
• Macairea rigida Benth.
• Macairea rotundifolia Cogn. & Hoehne
• Macairea rufescens DC.
• Macairea spruceana O.Berg ex Triana
• Macairea stylosa Triana
• Macairea sulcata Triana
• Macairea theresiae Cogn.
• Macairea thyrsiflora DC.

Notes and References

1. Book: Don, George . George Don . 1832 . A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a Complete Enumeration and Description of All Plants Hitherto Known with Their Generic and Specific Characters, Places of Growth, Time of Flowering, Mode of Culture and Their Uses in Medicine and Domestic Economy: Preceded by Introductions to the Linnaean and Natural Systems and a Glossary of the Terms Used; Founded Upon Miller's Gardener's Dictionary and Arranged According to the Natural System; in Four Volumes . 2 . United Kingdom . Rivington . 738 .