Melastoma discolor Linnaeus , Systema Naturae , ed. 10, 2 : 1022. 1759 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M) Jarvis, Charlie (L.) Linnaeus 1759 Magnoliopsida Melastomataceae Tetrazygia Plantae Myrtales Tracheophyta species discolor      Melastoma discolorLinnaeus,  Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1022. 1759.  ["Habitat in America."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 560 (1762). RCN: 3077.  Lectorype (Howard & Kellogg in J. Arnold Arbor.67: 240. 1986): [icon] "Grossulariae fructu non spinosa, malabrathri foliis subtus niveis, fructu racemoso in umbellae modum disposito"in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: 86, t. 198, f. 1. 1725. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 6: 98 ( BM-SL).