Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Rhexia acisanthera L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 998. 1759. (as Acisanthera)
  • Acisanthera quadrata Pers., Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 477. (Apr–Jun) 1805, nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Acisanthera quadrata Juss. ex Poir., Encycl. [J.Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 1(1): 111. 1810, isonym
  • Acisanthera acisanthera (L.) Britton, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 2. 1925, nom. inval.
  • Tibouchina quadrata M.Gómez, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 67. 1894, nom. illeg. superfl.

• Heterotypic
  • Uranthera dicranophora Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 12(10): 283. 1849.
  • Acisanthera adscendens C.Wright in Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Ci. Med. Habana 6: 74. 1869. – Fl. Cub. (Sauvalle): 52. 1869.
  • Tibouchina adscendens (C.Wright) M.Gómez, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 67. 1894.
  • Acisanthera glandulifera Jenn., Ann. Carnegie Mus. 11(1–2): 206(–207), t. 21. 1917.

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

• Persoon, C.H. 1805. Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars prima. XII+546 pp. Apud Carol. Frid. Cramerum, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J.G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

• Sauvalle, F.A. 1869–1870. Flora Cubana. Revision catalogi grisebachiani vel index plantarum cubensium. (Continúa). Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Médicas, Físicas y Naturales de la Habana 6: 71–77, 95–102, 121–126, 146–150, 174–182, 209–213, 249–251, 287–291, 314-322. Reference page. 

• Sauvalle, F.A. [1868–]1873. Flora Cubana. Enumeratio nova plantarum cubensium vel revisio catalogi grisebachiani, exhibens descriptiones generum specierumque novarum Caroli Wright, (Cantabrigiae) et Francisci Sauvalle, synonymis nominibusque vulgaribus cubensis adjectis. 324+90 pp. Imp. "La Antilla", de Cacho-Negrete, Havanae [Habana]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Almeda, F. 2001. Melastomataceae Juss. Pp. 1339–1419 in Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, Vol. 2, Angiospermas (Fabaceae–Oxalidaceae). (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online Reference page.  (as Acisanthera quadrata)

• Almeda, F., Berry, P.E., Freire-Fierro, A., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Luckana, N.G., Michelangeli, F.A., Morley, T., Penney, D., Renner, S.S., Robinson, O.R., Wurdack, J.J. (†) & Yatskievych, K. 2007. Melastomataceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., 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: 397–417. BHL Reference page.  (as Acisanthera quadrata)

• Guimarães, P.J.F., Oliveira da Silva, M.F. & Rocha, M.J.R. 2017. Nomenclator botanicus for Acisanthera (Melastomataceae: Marcetia alliance). Brittonia 69(2): 231–240. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-017-9463-7 Reference page. 

• Luckana, N.G. & Berry, P.E. 2001. Acisanthera. Pp. 276–280 in Berry, P.E., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Morley, T., Michelangeli, F.A., Luckana, N.G., Almeda, F., Renner, S.S., Freire-Fierro, A., Robinson, O.R. & Yatskievych, K., Melastomataceae. In Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6, Liliaceae–Myrsinaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-81-9. Reference page.  (as Acisanthera quadrata)

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acisanthera erecta. Published online. Accessed 14 March 2019.

• GBIF

• Hassler, M. 2019. Acisanthera quadrata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 March 14.

• Tropicos.org 2019. Acisanthera erecta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 14 March 2019.

• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Acisanthera quadrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 14 March 2019.

• Acisanthera quadrata in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 14 March 2019.

• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Acisanthera quadrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 14 March 2019.

• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Acisanthera quadrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 14 March 2019.

• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Acisanthera quadrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 14 March 2019.