Systematic Studies in the Melastomataceae: Bellucia, Loreya, Macairea. Mem (50) NYBG PRESS and other useful products

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Conservation Through Cultivation

based on 15 months in the field

This volume reflects an effort to provide a short version of the general system of classification of all flowering plants

In many ways

Systematic Studies in the Melastomataceae: Bellucia, Loreya, Macairea. Mem (50) NYBG PRESS and other useful productsBellucia, a small neotropical genus of trees and shrub with large 5 8 merous flowers, ranges from Mexico to Bolivia. This treatment recognizes five of the previously described 27 species. A new species is described and illustrated and two new combinations are made. Loreya is a neotropical genus of trees, mainly of the upper Amazon valley but ranging from Nicaragua to Bolivia. Careful consideration of allied genera shows that Loreya is a distinct