Studies in Southeast Asian Melastoma (Melastomataceae), 4. Clarification of Melastoma crinitum in Southeast Asia and the reinstatement of Melastoma molle

In the most recent revision of the genus Melastoma Linnaeus (1753: 389) across its entire distributional range, seven species were recognized for Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore (Meyer 2001). Our recent studies in Southeast Asian Melastoma have led us to re-examine some of the species defined in that account, including those recorded for Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore (Wong 2015, Wong 2016, Neo et al. 2017).