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Melastomatoideae in languages:

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野牡丹亞科

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วงศ์ย่อย โคลงเคลง

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Parent Taxon

• N/A

Sibling Taxa

• Anaheterotis
• Argyrella
• Aschistanthera
• Boerlagea
• Cailliella
• Catanthera
• Centradeniastrum
• Creochiton
• Cyphotheca
• Dicellandra
• Dinophora
• Diplarpea
• Dissotidendron
• Dupineta
• Feliciadamia
• Guyonia
• Kendrickia
• Kerriothyrsus
• Killipia
• Kirkbridea
• Loricalepis
• Macrolenes
• Mallophyton
• Melastomastrum
• Melastomatoideae
• Neodriessenia
• Nerophila
• Olisbeoideae
• Plagiopetalum
• Poikilogyne
• Poilannammia
• Preussiella
• Rousseauxia
• Scorpiothyrsus
• Sporoxeia
• Stanmarkia
• Stussenia
• Styrophyton
• Tashiroea
• Tigridiopalma
• Vietsenia

Child Taxa

• Astronieae
• Bertolonieae
• Blakeeae
• Cyphostyleae
• Dissochaeteae
• Eriocnemeae
• Henrietteeae
• Kibessieae
• Lithobieae
• Marcetieae
• Melastomeae
• Merianieae
• Miconieae
• Microlicieae
• Pyramieae
• Rhexieae
• Sonerileae

Top Observation Places

• Las Cumbres
• Hong Kong
• Kowloon
• Victoria
• Sha Tin
• Quito
• Facatativá
• Medellín
• Bello
• Itagüí
• Envigado
• Bogotá