Diplectria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, erected by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1841.Reichenbach HGL (1841) Der deutsche Botaniker. Erster Band. Das Herbarienbuch. Erklärung des natürlichen Pflanzensystems, systematische Aufzählung, Synonymik und Register der bis jetzt bekannten Pflanzengattungen. 240 pp. [p. 174] Dresden & Leipzig: Arnoldische Buchhandlung. Some species, including the type D. divaricata, have also been placed previously in Melastoma and Dissochaeta; they are native to Indochina, Hainan, Malesia, through to New Guinea.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepts seven species: Diplectria barbata Diplectria conica Diplectria divaricata Diplectria maxwellii Diplectria micrantha Diplectria stipularis Diplectria viminalis
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