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May I highly recommend to each of you making plants' sightings here in NatureMapr,
two top in the world, plant identification processes, guide books and references,

by:
excellent Ian D. Clarke (1950–)
botanist from the National Herbarium of Vic. and Royal Botanic Gardens :

• Ian D. Clarke and Helen Lee 1925- (2019)
Name that flower.
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press .
https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8127202
ISBN: 9780522876048 .
–guides to all kinds of plants, focussed on Au and south-eastern Au, yet globally useful.
– available in both, printed paperback book and ebook.

• Ian D. Clarke (2015)
Name those grasses :
identifying grasses, sedges and rushes.
Melbourne, Victoria :
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria .
ISBN: 9780980407648 .
https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6936301
–includes grasses (Poaceae) but as said in the subtitle, not only grasses, furthermore sedges (Cyperaceae) and rushes (Restionaceae) .
– available in printed paperback book .

All the best,
Jason Stewart 2025 June 17th .

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Mike wrote:

Yesterday

Same species as https://kimberley-wa.naturemapr.org/sightings/4594429.

Passiflora foetida complex

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

Yesterday

Senior botanist Trevor Whiffin in 1990 in the Flora of Au vol. 18 page 248, wrote:
"
A very variable species, even within Australia.
Variation can be seen in the size, shape and density of the scales on the hypanthium, the size and shape of the calyx lobes and of the floral bracts, and the size and general pubescence of the leaves.

Some of these characters are used to distinguish species within the genus.

_Melastoma malabathricum_ is generally distinguished by the large floral bracts.
Despite the variation within _M. affine_, it does remain distinct from _M. malabathricum_.

Some plants within Australia, which have their hypanthium densely covered with slightly longer scales, approach _M. lanuginosum_ Blume, but appear to remain distinct.

A thorough revision of these and other related species throughout their range is needed to fully settle the species limits.
".
→ https://www.dcceew.gov.au/science-research/abrs/publications/flora-of-australia/vol18
.

My reading of all this information suggests too, that Trevor Whiffin's then 1990 point of view may have become out of date.

I may still lack further information on this topic hence incorrect in my point of view.

Indeed as Trevor Whiffin wrote in 1990 and does remain so correct on this point, I share in my own humble point of view:

we all require the information of a thorough revision of these plants' taxa throughout each of their respective global ranges .

Melastoma affine

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

Yesterday

Anthony Bean (Qld senior botanist) via KeyBase :
https://keybase.rbg.vic.gov.au/keys/show/6301
https://keybase.rbg.vic.gov.au/keys/show/13117
.

Melastoma affine

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

Yesterday

For example Northern Territory Flora online:
https://eflora.nt.gov.au/browse?heading=browseNTFlora&viewLevel=all&exactMatches&family=MELASTOMATACEAE&genus=Melastoma
.

Melastoma affine

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

Yesterday

For example Qld WildNet search results' information listing:
https://wildnet.science-data.qld.gov.au/species-search?include_sighting_count=false&location_search_by=area&taxon_name=Melastoma&advanced=false&tab=0
.

Melastoma affine