A New Species, New Combinations and Notes on the Genus Pternandra Jack (Melastomataceae)

The genius Kibessia is reduced to synonymy of the genus Plernandra. A new species Plernandra moluccana Nayar is described and eighteen name transfers are proposed. The new combinations and new names proposed are as follows: Plernandra hirtella (Cogn.) Nayar; P. azurea (Bl.) Burkill var. subalata (Bl.) Nayar; P. acuminata (Decne) Nayar; P. tuberculata (Korth.) Nayar; P. grandifolia (Bakh. f.) Nayar; P. gracilis (Cogn.) Nayar; P. teysmanniana (Cogn.) Nayay; P. codacea (Cogn.) Nayar; P. restrain (Cogn.) Nayar; P. tessellata (Stapf) Nayar; P. accuminatissima (Merr.) Nayar; P. affinis (Merr.) Nayar; P. elmeri (Merr.) Nayar; P. ledermannii (Mansfeld) 'Nayfeir; P. verrucosa (Merr.) Nayar; P. borneaensis Nayar; P. cogniauxii Nayar; P. pachyphylla (Bakh. f.) Nayar.