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Melastoma denticulatum
Pacific Melastoma
As recorded: Melastoma denticulatum Labill.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Melastomataceae
- Collected by
- Grant, M.L.
- Collector number
- 3627
- Date
- May 14, 1930
- Locality
- Dist. Pare: Diauem
- Island
- Tahiti
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Elevation
- 978 m
- Identified by
- Grant, M.L.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On May 14, 1930, Grant, M.L. also collected 19 other specimens.
Antrophyum
Botany
Archigrammitis tahitensis
Botany
Bulbophyllum longiflorum
Botany
Bulbophyllum longiflorum
Botany
Bulbophyllum longiscapum
Botany
Chingia longissima
Botany
Dicranopteris linearis
Botany
Freycinetia demissa
Botany
Gahnia schoenoides
Botany
Lygodium reticulatum
Botany
Microstylis
Botany
Oberonia equitans
Botany
Oxalis corniculata
Botany
Oxalis corniculata
Botany
Peperomia leptostachya
Botany
Peperomia tetraphylla
Botany
Prosaptia contigua
Botany
Pterophylla parviflora
Botany
Vandenboschia maxima
Botany
Melastoma denticulatum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 36 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-05-23.
2025-05-23
Moorea, French Polynesia, PF
(c) wkonwent, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-01-19
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, CK
(c) sclarea, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-11-13
Polinezja Francuska
(c) bottanydot, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-11-06
Central Torba, VU-TR, VU
(c) davibule, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-10-01
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, CK
(c) Samuel Brown, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-10-01
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, CK
(c) Samuel Brown, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Melastoma denticulatum. BISH 36425. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956613898. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/36425.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956613898 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026