Miconia alata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Miconia alata Aubl.) DC., 1828

Homotypic
- Acinodendron alatum (Aubl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 950 (1891)
- Clidemia alata (Aubl.) G.Don ex Loudon in Hort. Brit.: 174 (1830)
- Melastoma alatum Aubl. in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 410 (1775)
Heterotypic
- Miconia alata var. amazonica Schrank ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 184 (1828)
- Miconia pterophora Miq. in Linnaea 18: 622 (1845)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America ^* Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central ^* Regional: Northern Spouth America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 3: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. 494 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 3: 184

Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Miconia alata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 27. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Miconia alata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Miconia alata. Published online. Accessed: December 27 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Miconia alata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 December 2023.

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