Perilimnastes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. It includes 21 species native to southern China, Peninsular Malaysia, Vietnam and Borneo.
The genus was first described by Henry Nicholas Ridley based on P. fruticosa It was later subsumed into genus Phyllagathis . Molecular phylogenetic studies found Phyllagathis to be polyphyletic, and in 2024 Ying Liu et al. revived Perilimnastes as a distinct genus.Liu Y, Dai J-H, Zhuang Q-Y, Zou C-Y, Ma K-N (2024) Resurrection of Perilimnastes (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) with description of a new species P. nana. PhytoKeys 238: 11-31. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.238.116168
Species 21 species are accepted. Perilimnastes aura Perilimnastes banaensis Perilimnastes brookei Perilimnastes deltoidea Perilimnastes dispar Perilimnastes elegans Perilimnastes elliptica Perilimnastes fruticosa Perilimnastes guillauminii Perilimnastes melastomatoides Perilimnastes multisepala Perilimnastes nana Perilimnastes ovalifolia Perilimnastes rupicola Perilimnastes sessilifolia Perilimnastes setipetiola Perilimnastes setotheca Liu Perilimnastes dongchauensis Perilimnastes stenophylla Perilimnastes suberalata Perilimnastes ternata Perilimnastes uniflora
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