Phyllagathis Explained

Phyllagathis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to India, southern China, Southeast Asia, and Malesia. The taxon is believed to be highly polyphyletic.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• Phyllagathis asarifolia C.Chen
• Phyllagathis atroviolacea C.Hansen ex Cellin.
• Phyllagathis beccariana (Cogn.) M.P.Nayar
• Phyllagathis bicolor C.W.Lin, Chien F.Chen & T.Y.A.Yang
• Phyllagathis brevipedunculata C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis brookei M.P.Nayar
• Phyllagathis cavaleriei Guillaumin
• Phyllagathis cordata Ridl.
• Phyllagathis cymigera C.Chen
• Phyllagathis deltoda C.Chen
• Phyllagathis dichotoma C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis driessenioides C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis elattandra Diels
• Phyllagathis elliptica Stapf
• Phyllagathis erecta (S.Y.Hu) C.Y.Wu ex C.Chen
• Phyllagathis fengii C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis gigantifolia M.P.Nayar
• Phyllagathis gracilis (Hand.-Mazz.) C.Chen
• Phyllagathis griffithii King
• Phyllagathis guillauminii H.L.Li
• Phyllagathis guttata (Stapf) Cellin.
• Phyllagathis gymnantha Korth.
• Phyllagathis hainanensis (Merr. & Chun) C.Chen
• Phyllagathis hispida King
• Phyllagathis hispidissima (C.Chen) C.Chen
• Phyllagathis indica J.Mathew, Yohannan & Kad.V.George
• Phyllagathis jacobsiana (M.P.Nayar) Cellin.
• Phyllagathis lii C.W.Lin, Chien F.Chen & T.Y.A.Yang
• Phyllagathis longicalcarata C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis longifolius (Cogn.) J.F.Maxwell
• Phyllagathis longispicatus (Cogn.) J.F.Maxwell
• Phyllagathis marumiaetricha (Guillaumin) C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis maxwellii B.C.Stone & A.Weber
• Phyllagathis megalocentra C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis melastomatoides (Merr. & Chun) W.C.Ko
• Phyllagathis millelunata C.W.Lin, Chien F.Chen & T.Y.A.Yang
• Phyllagathis nanakorniana Wangwasit, Norsaengsri & Cellin.
• Phyllagathis osmantha (M.P.Nayar) Cellin.
• Phyllagathis ovalifolia H.L.Li
• Phyllagathis peltata Stapf ex Ridl.
• Phyllagathis penrissenensis Cellin.
• Phyllagathis phamhoangii V.T.Pham, V.T.Chinh & Ranil
• Phyllagathis phyllioides C.W.Lin, Chien F.Chen & T.Y.A.Yang
• Phyllagathis prostrata C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis pulcherrima M.P.Nayar
• Phyllagathis rajah C.W.Lin, Chien F.Chen & T.Y.A.Yang
• Phyllagathis rivularis C.W.Lin, Chien F.Chen & T.Y.A.Yang
• Phyllagathis rotundifolia (Jack) Blume
• Phyllagathis rubrosetosa C.W.Lin, Chien F.Chen & T.Y.A.Yang
• Phyllagathis rufa (Stapf) Cellin.
• Phyllagathis scorpiothyrsoides C.Chen
• Phyllagathis scortechinii King
• Phyllagathis sessilifolia C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis setotheca H.L.Li
• Phyllagathis siamensis Cellin. & S.S.Renner
• Phyllagathis steenisii Cellin.
• Phyllagathis stellata C.W.Lin & C.H.Lee
• Phyllagathis stenophylla (Merr. & Chun) H.L.Li
• Phyllagathis stolonifera Kiew
• Phyllagathis subacaulis (Cogn.) Cellin.
• Phyllagathis suberalata C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis subrotunda C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis tentaculifera C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis ternata C.Chen
• Phyllagathis tetrandra Diels
• Phyllagathis tonkinensis Stapf
• Phyllagathis truncata C.Hansen
• Phyllagathis tuberculata King
• Phyllagathis tuberosa (C.Hansen) Cellin. & S.S.Renner
• Phyllagathis ulu C.W.Lin, Chien F.Chen & T.Y.A.Yang
• Phyllagathis velutina (Diels) C.Chen
• Phyllagathis violinifolia C.W.Lin, Chien F.Chen & T.Y.A.Yang
• Phyllagathis wallacei C.W.Lin, Chien F.Chen & T.Y.A.Yang
• Phyllagathis yodae C.W.Lin, Chien F.Chen & T.Y.A.Yang

Notes and References

1. Exploring the generic delimitation of Phyllagathis and Bredia (Melastomataceae): A combined nuclear and chloroplast DNA analysis . 2019 . Zhou . Qiu-Jie . Lin . Che-Wei . Dai . Jin-Hong . Zhou . Ren-Chao . Liu . Ying . Journal of Systematics and Evolution . 57 . 3 . 256–267 . 10.1111/jse.12451 . 92404843 .
2. Web site: Phyllagathis Blume . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 17 December 2020 .