Date de publication : Prodr.
71. 1788 [20/06-29/07/1788, fide TL-2,
13526]. Voir aussi Fl. Ind. Occid., 2(1):
793-
794. 1797 [01-06/1798, fide TL-2,
13531].
Type : "India occidentalis." [protologue]. "Provenit in Jamaica, rarius. [...] Obs. Similis
M. spicatae. Aubl. Guian.
423.
tab. 165. Sed differt foliis basi leviter cordatis, racemisque quasi magis compositis." [Sw., Fl.
Ind. Occid., 2(1):
793-
794. 1798].
Jamaïque, 1784-1786, O.P. Swartz s.n. (HT?:
S14-17938 [sur
Global plants]).
D'après R. A. Howard (1982 in sched.
S11-16560): "Lectotype of
Melastoma strigillosum Sw. in BM as a Masson collection [
BM001008294?]."