TRISTEMMA mauritianum J. F. Gmel. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], ,Syst. Pl. 2: 693 (1791). Type: Mauritius, Commerson (P–JU, holo.)
TRISTEMMA virusanum Juss. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], Gen.: 329 (1789), nom. inval.; Humbert in Fl. Madag. 153, Melastom.: 4, fig. 1/1–5 (1951). Based on Commerson from Mauritius
TRISTEMMA incompletum R. Br. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire: 435 (1818) & as separate: 16 (1818); Gilg in E.M. 2: 25 (1898); V.E. 3 (2): 754 (1921); F.P.S. 1: 195 (1950); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 250 (1954); A. & R. Fernandes in Mem. Soc. Brot. 11: 42, 94 (1956) & in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér.2, 34: 191 (1960); F.P.U., ed. 2: 93 (1971). Type: Zaire, R. Congo, Smith (BM, holo. !, K, iso. !)
Melastoma albiflorum G. Don [family MELASTOMATACEAE], Gen. Syst. 2: 764 (1832). Type: Sierra Leone, Don (BM, holo. !)
Tristemma schumacheri Guill. & Perr. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 311 (1833); Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat., sér.3, 13: 298, t. 6/10 (1850); Hook. f. in F.T.A. 2: 44 (1871); Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. 28: 56 (1871); Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 7: 461, 1180 (1891), incl. var. grandifolia Cogn.; Taub. in P.O.A. C: 295 (1895). Types: Gambia, Albreda, 1827, Perrottet & Senegal, Casamance, 1829, Perrottet (both P, syn.)
Tristemma albiflorum (G. Don) Benth. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Hook., Niger Fl.: 353 (1849); Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 7: 362 (1891)
Tristemma fruticulosum Gilg [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in E.M. 2: 26, t. 1/M (1898); T.T.C.L.: 313 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Bukoba, Stuhlmann 1002 (B, holo. †)
Tristemma grandifolium (Cogn.) Gilg [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in E.M. 2: 26, t. 1/N (1898); V.E. 3 (2): 755 (1921); A. & R. Fernandes in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 34: 192 (1960) & in C.F.A. 4: 128 (1970). Type: Angola, Golungo Alto, Welwitsch 900 (LISU, lecto., BM!, COI, K !, P, iso.)
Tristemma incompletum (Cogn.) Hiern var. grandifolium [family MELASTOMATACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1: 364 (1898)
Tristemma grandifolium De Wild. var. congolanum [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., sér.5, 2: 329 (1908). Types: Zaire, Kimuenza, Gillet 1979 & Kasongo, Dewèvre 938a & Eala, Laurent 1926 and a number of other syntypes (all BR, syn.)
Tristemma kassneranum Kraenzlin [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Viert. Nat. Ges. Zürich 76: 148 (1931). Type: Zaire, Semliki R., Kassner 3094 (BM, K, iso. !)
Tristemma acuminatum A. & R. Fernandes [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 30: 184, t. 21–23 (1956) & in Mem. Soc. Brot. 11: 43, 95 (1956) & in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér.2, 34: 192 (1960). Type: Tanzania, Lushoto District, Monga, Greenway 3683 (PRE, holo., EA, K !, iso.)