{"url":"https://treescape.app/api/genera/memecylon/?format=json","slug":"memecylon","latin_name":"Memecylon","description":"Memecylon is a plant group in Melastomataceae. It consists of 350-400 species of small to medium-sized trees and shrubs occurring in the Old World tropics. Memecylon is a monophyletic group basal to the Melastomataceae clade. Memecylon taxa have more than 600 published basionyms. Diversity of this group is concentrated in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia.","gbif_id":3716283,"image_thumbnail":"https://treescape.app/media/plant_species/images/thumbnails/memecylon_thumbnail_I8JbiXP.jpg","image_large":"https://treescape.app/media/plant_species/images/large/memecylon_thumbnail_SQiwNXv.jpg"}