Heather Angel / Melastome (Melastoma polyanthum) flowering in forest, steamy from thermal spring. Tengchong, Yunnan Province, China.

Murray Cooper / Melastoma (Melastomataceae) flower, Ecuador

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Koster's Curse (Clidemia hirta), Tawau Hills Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Piotr Naskrecki / Melastoma (Melastomataceae) plant provides home for symbiotic Ants (Pheidole sp) wich in turn protect the plant from herbivores, Suriname

Tim Laman / Hanging fruits of a Melastome (Melastomataceae family) shrub, Foja Mountains at approx 1650 m. Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation International Rapid Assessment Program expedition)

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Miconia (Miconia robinsoniana) flowering, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Miconia (Miconia robinsoniana) with flower buds, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Kevin Schafer / Osbeckia (Osbeckia octandra) flower used for medicine, Sinharaja Biosphere Reserve, Sri Lanka

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Miconia (Miconia robinsoniana) flowering, highlands of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Miconia (Miconia robinsoniana) and ferns in forest, highlands of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Miconia (Miconia robinsoniana) flowering, highlands of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Miconia (Miconia robinsoniana) flowering, highlands of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador