Statut pour la Guyane française
Wurdack, J. J., Morley, T. & Renner, S. S. 1993. 99. Melastomataceae. In: Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A. [Ed.]. Flora of the Guianas. Series A: Phanerogams Fascicle 13. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein: 1-425. [GF = S]

 

Statut pour la Guyane française
Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S. N. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, 55: 1-580. [GF = P]

 

Statut pour la Guyane française
Véron, S., Rodrigues-Vaz, C., Lebreton, E., Ah-Peng, C., Boullet, V., Chevillotte, H., Gradstein, S., Jérémie, J., Lavocat Bernard, E., Lebouvier, M., Meyer, J., Munzinger, J., Poncy, O., Thouvenot, L., Viscardi, G., Léotard, G., Gargominy, O., Leblond, S., Pignal, M., Rouhan, G., Tercerie, S., Invernon, V. & Muller, S. 2021. An assessment of the endemic spermatophytes, pteridophytes and bryophytes of the French Overseas Territories: towards a better conservation outlook. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30: 2097-2124. [GF = S]

 

Date de publication : Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, 1928(9): 376-377. 1928.

Type : "BRITISH GUIANA: Tumatumari Falls, Potaro River, Jenman 7781 (type in Herb. Kew.); common on shady rocks below the Kaieteur, Potaro River, September-October 1881, Jenman 826; on rocks in the open, Macreba Falls, Kurupung River, Mazaruni River, August 1925, Altson 339; ibid., on boulders in shade, August 1925, Altson 340. "Corolla in bud red. Peduncle red. Fruit red. Leaves fleshy, pitted."" [protologue].