Type : "
Melastoma adscendens, [...]
Melastoma scandens. Prodr. p.
69. [1788]. Habitat in sylvis montium Jamaicae. [...] Obs. Mense Aprili florentem inveni." [protologue].
Jamaïque, forêt de montagne, avril, fleurs, O.P. Swartz (HT:
S-R-3483 [ex hb. Swartz]; IT:
BW08177010 [ex hb. Willd.],
BM000544052,
C10014492 [ex hb Vahl]).