Ossaea

Ossaea
Ossaea congestiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Ossaea
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Ossaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 90 species distributed from Mexico to South America and the Caribbean.[1]

Species include:

References

  1. ^ Goldenberg, R., & Reginato, M. (2009). New species of Behuria, Miconia, and Ossaea (Melastomataceae) from eastern Brazil. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 293-301.


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