Source de la synonymie
Penneys, D. & Judd, W. 2005. A Systematic Revision and Cladistic Analysis of Charianthus (Melastomataceae) using Morphological and Molecular Characters. Systematic Botany, 30(3): 559-584. [CD_REF = 629314] Charianthus alpinus (Sw.) R.A.Howard, 1972

 

Date de publication : Prodr. 71. 1788 [20/06-29/07/1788, fide TL-2, 13526]. Voir aussi Fl. Ind. Occid., 2(1): 800. 1797 [01-06/1798, fide TL-2, 13531].

Homonymie : non Miconia alpina Cogn. 1908 (Pérou)!

Type : "India occidentalis." [protologue]. "Provenit in regione muscosa montis la Soufrière Insulae Guadeloupae. (du Ponthieu.) Mus. Banks." [Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid., 2(1): 800. 1798].
Guadeloupe, la Soufrière, région moussue montagnarde, H. de Ponthieu s.n. (HT: BM001008033 [ex hb. Banks; photo: A]).