e-Key v3 - Key to Melastomataceae Genera
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Interactive keys to the identification of seed plants of southern Africa using keys based on plant morphology.
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  • Trees or shrubs, glabrous
  • Ovary 1-locular
  • Filaments without appendages
Memecylon
b
  • Herbs or shrubs, usually with hairs or setae
  • Ovary 4- or 5-locular
  • Filaments with appendages
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  • Small herbs
  • Flowers congested
  • Stamens equal
Antherotoma
b
  • Herbs or shrubs
  • Flowers solitary or in short panicles
  • Stamens unequal
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  • Calyx usually provided with appendices between the sepals
  • Lobes persistent or caducous
Dissotis
b
  • Calyx without appendices between sepals
  • Lobes persistent
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  • Flowers 5-merous, enclosed within large, sheathing, persistent bracts
Melastomastrum
b
  • Flowers 4-merous, bracts subtending flowers not markedly conspicuous, persistent or caducous
* Heterocentron

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