Dissochaeta fallax
A species in the Melastomataceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Dissochaeta
- Species
- Dissochaeta fallax
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1831
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Dissochaeta fallax. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
13 synonyms in this snapshot
- Anplectrum ligulatumName author: (Blume) Triana
- Diplectria ligulataName author: (Blume) Kuntze
- Dissochaeta diepenhorstiiName author: Miq.
- Dissochaeta ligulataName author: Blume
- Dissochaeta reinwardtianaName author: (Blume) Hochr.
- Dissochaeta reticulataName author: Blume
- Dissochaeta velutina var. reticulataName author: (Blume) J.F.Maxwell
- Melastoma fallaxName author: Jack
- Melastoma reinwardtianumName author: Blume
- Neodissochaeta reticulataName author: (Blume) Bakh.f.
- Omphalopus fallaxName author: (Jack) Naudin
- Omphalopus fallax var. novoguineensisName author: Mansf.
- Omphalopus reticulatusName author: (Blume) Naudin
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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