Astronidium victoriae: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Astronidium
Species
Astronidium victoriae
Scientific Name
Astronidium victoriae

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Astronidium victoriae

Astronidium victoriae is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Fiji, where it is native to the islands of Viti Levu, Ovalau, and Moala. It is a shrub or small tree of (2–) 3–12 metres tall. It grows in dense or open lowland and montane rain forest or thicket from 100 to 1,323 metres elevation.

The species was first described as Astronia victoriae by John Wynn Gillespie in 1931. In 1942 Albert Charles Smith placed the species in genus Astronidium as A. victoriae.

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