Lasiandra family
MELASTOMATACEAE of Australia
including Memecylaceae and Mouririaceae.
ROSIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe
  
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Flowers in Australia

Centradenia grandifolia
Sea of Flowers
Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen,
Gold Coast, April 2007

Medinilla myriantha
'Kathleen'
RBG Sydney, January 2012

Tibouchina granulosa
'Kathleen'
Budgewoi, February 2008

Tibouchina heteromalla
Silver Leafed Princess Flower
Wyee, January 2007

Tibouchina lepidota
Lasiandra "Alstonville"
Wyee, May 2007

Tibouchina urvilleana
Princess Flower
Sydney, November 2006

We know of only two species of Lepidoptera in Australia, the caterpillars of which attack plants in MELASTOMATACEAE:


Gnathothlibus erotus

Comostola laesaria

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(updated 12 January 2012)