Nomenclatural notes on Melastomateae (Melastomataceae) Author Guimarães, Paulo José Fernandes 0000-0001-5266-4552 Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão 915, 22460 - 030, R. J., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. & paulojose. guimaraes @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5266 - 4552 paulojose.guimaraes@gmail.com Author Michelangeli, Fabián A. 0000-0001-7348-143X Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, U. S. A. & fabian @ nybg. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7348 - 143 X fabian@nybg.org text Phytotaxa 2021 2021-01-15 480 1 94 96 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.480.1.10 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.480.1.10 1179-3163 5413936 4. Pleroma caatingae (J.G. Freitas) P.J.F.Guim. & Michelang. , comb. nov. ≡ Tibouchina caatingae J.G. Freitas in Freitas et al. (2013: 418–420) . Type :— BRAZIL . Bahia : Maracás , 13°28’19’’S , 40°24’29’’W , 850 m , 18 May 2002 , G . E . L . Macedo, M . M . S . Castro, D. S . Carneiro Torres & L . O . Senra 23 ( holotype : HUEFS accession number 076312!) . Notes :—This species was overlooked by Guimarães et al. (2019) and the needed combination into Pleroma is made here.