A new Melastomataceae classification informed by molecular phylogenetics and morphology

DS Penneys, F Almeda, M Reginato… - … , evolution, and ecology …, 2022 - Springer
The Melastomataceae, with ca. 177 genera and 5858 species, are among the ten most
species-rich families of angiosperms. Previous molecular phylogenetic analyses have …

Towards a complete phylogeny of African Melastomateae: Systematics of Dissotis and allies (Melastomataceae)

MC Veranso‐Libalah, RD Stone, G Kadereit - Taxon, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Dissotis has long been regarded as the most species‐rich genus of African
Melastomataceae, yet its diagnostic characters have never been examined in an explicitly …

Systematics and Taxonomy of the tribe Melastomateae

MC Veranso-Libalah, RD Stone, G Kadereit… - … , Evolution, and Ecology …, 2022 - Springer
Melastomateae are a diverse pantropical tribe of~ 823 species in 44 genera. Members of
this tribe range from herbs to medium-sized trees and occupy open and closed habitats in …

Impatiens banen and Impatiens etugei (Balsaminaceae), new threatened species from lowland of the Cross-Sanaga Interval, Cameroon

M Cheek, J Osborne, X Van Der Burgt, I Darbyshire… - Kew Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
We describe two range-restricted new species to science from the genus Impatiens
(Balsaminaceae), both threatened, from lowland of the Cross-Sanaga Interval of western …

The endemic plant species of Ebo Forest, Littoral Region, Cameroon, with a new Critically Endangered cloud forest shrub, Memecylon ebo (Melastomataceae …

RD Stone, B Tchiengué, M Cheek - Kew Bulletin, 2024 - Springer
We emphasise the urgent need to conserve the Ebo forest (Littoral Region, Cameroon),
which holds 10 strict endemic plant species and 15 near endemics for a total of 25, a very …

Impatiens banen sp. nov. & I. etugei sp. nov. (Balsaminaceae), threatened lowland species of the Cross-Sanaga Interval, Cameroon

M Cheek, I Darbyshire, JM Onana - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
We describe two range-restricted new species to science from the genus Impatiens
(Balsaminaceae), both threatened, from the Cross-Sanaga Interval of western Cameroon …