Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Spennera ornata Miq., Stirp. Surinam. Select.: 56(–57), t. 13. 1851.

• Heterotypic
  • Aciotis herbacea Cogn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(3): 468. 1885.
  • Clidemia herbacea Steud. ex Cogn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(3): 468. 1885, nom. inval. pro syn.

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. 

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. 

• Freire-Fierro, A. 2001. Aciotis. Pp. 270–276 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. 

• Freire-Fierro, A. 2002. Monograph of Aciotis (Melastomataceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 62: 1–99. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Wurdack, J. J. 1993. Aciotis. Pp. 9–21 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. Aciotis ornata. Published online. Accessed 13 March 2019.

• GBIF

• Hassler, M. 2019. Aciotis ornata. 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 13.

• Tropicos.org 2019. Aciotis ornata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 13 March 2019.

• Aciotis ornata 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: 13 March 2019.

• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Aciotis ornata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 13 March 2019.

• Aciotis ornata in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed 13 March 2019.