⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name record (from Tropicos) is not included in version 1.1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name is included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Melastoma mexicanum in version 1.1 of The Plant List.
This name is a synonym of Tibouchina tortuosa .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 50203146
) with original publication details: Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4(2): 290 290 1823.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:571006-1
.