Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Rhexia uniflora Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 48(–49). 1791.

• Heterotypic
  • ? Rhexia bicornis Rol. ex Rottb., Descr. Rar. Pl. Surin.: 10(–11). 1776.
  • Rhexia recurva Rich., Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 108. 1792. (as R. Recurva)
  • Melastoma diffusum Desr. in Lam., Encycl. [J.Lamarck & al.] 4(1): 38. 1797. (as Melastoma diffusa)
  • Rhexia diffusa (Desr.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 307. 1825.
  • Microlicia recurva (Rich.) DC., Prodr. 3: 118. 1828.
  • Rhynchanthera adenophora Miq., Comm. Phytogr. 2: 73(–74), t. 10, fig. C. 1840.
  • Uranthera recurva (Rich.) Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 12(10): 283(–284). 1849.
  • Uranthera hostmannii Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 12(10): 284. 1849. (as Uranthera Hostmannii)
  • Acisanthera recurva (Rich.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 269. 1864 [1860].
  • Spennera appendicularioides Steud. ex Cogn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(3): 218(–219). 1885, nom. inval., pro syn.
  • Comolia anomala Pittier, Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 6: 196. 1940.

Primary references

• Cogniaux, A. 1885. Melastomataceae tribus II. Tibouchineae. Index voluminis XIV. partis III. Cols. 205–510, tt. 49–108 in Martius, C.F.P. de (†) & Eichler, A.G. (eds.), Flora Brasiliensis. Enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas, Vol. XIV. Pars III, Fasc. XCIV. Frid. Fleischer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. 

• De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Ordo LXXVI. Melastomaceae. Pp. 99–202 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 3, Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

• Grisebach, A.H.R. 1860. LXVIII. Melastomaceae. Pp. 243–269 in Flora of the British West Indian Islands. Lovell, Reeve & Co., London. BHL Reference page. 

• Lamarck, J.-B. (ed.) 1797–1798. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 4. 764 pp. H. Agasse, Paris. BHL Reference page. 

• Richard, L. 1792. Catalogus plantarum, ad societatem, ineunte anno 1792, e Cayenna missarum a domino Le Blond. Actes de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 105–114. BHL Reference page. 

• Sprengel, C. 1825. Caroli Linnaei, ... Systema vegetabilium. Ed. 16. Vol. II: Classis 6–15. 939 pp. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, Gottingae [Göttingen]. BHL Reference page. 

• Vahl, M. 1791. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 2. 108 pp., tt. 26–50. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 

• 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. 

• 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. 

• Wurdack, J.J. 1993. Acisanthera. Pp. 21–29 in Wurdack, J.J., Morley, T. & Renner, S., 99. Melastomataceae. In Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A. (ed.), Flora of the Guianas, Series A: Phanerogams, Fascicle 13. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, ISBN 3-87429-343-2. Reference page. 

Links

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

• GBIF

• Hassler, M. 2019. Acisanthera uniflora. 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 uniflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 14 March 2019.

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

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

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

• Acisanthera uniflora in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed 14 March 2019.