Wurdastom
Wurdastom is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
It is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in western South America.
Known species
There are 8 accepted species by Plants of [the World Online] :Taxonomy
The genus name of Wurdastom is in honour of John Julius Wurdack, an American botanist at the New [York Botanical Garden] and also the Smithsonian Institution.It was first described and published in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 98 on page 461 in 1996.