⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-20305181, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Melastoma sanguineum var. sanguineum .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 20305181
) with original publication details: J. S. China Agric. Univ. 4(1): 35, f. 10-12 35 1983.