Melastoma malabathricum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 390. 1753.

"Habitat in India." RCN: 3075.

Lectotype (Bremer in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 159. 1987; Bremer in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 65. 1993): Herb. Hermann 1: 55, No. 171 (BM-000594487) .

Generitype of Melastoma Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 153. 1929).

Current name: Melastoma malabathricum L. ( Melastomataceae).

Note: Bremer (1987) indicated material in Herb. Hermann (BM) in both vol. 1: 55 and 4: 3 as type. Under Art. 9.15, this is a valid typification, later (1993) restricted to that in vol. 1: 55 by the same author.