Miconia albicans
Miconia albicans

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Myrtales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Miconieae
Genus: Miconia
Species: Miconia albicans

Name

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Miconia albicans (Sw.) Steud., 1841

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Acinodendron albicans (Sw.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 950 (1891)
    • Melastoma albicans Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 70 (1788)
    • Tamonea albicans (Sw.) Krasser in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 142, 188 (1893)
  • Heterotypic
    • Melastoma detergibile Schrank & Mart. ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 181 (1828)
    • Melastoma holosericeum Vahl in Eclog. Amer. 1: 42 (1797), nom. illeg.
    • Melastoma nitidum Pav. ex Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 116 (1871 publ. 1872)
    • Melastoma velutinum Willd. ex Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 116 (1871 publ. 1872), not validly publ.
    • Miconia detergibilis DC. in Prodr. 3: 181 (1828)
    • Miconia heterochroa Miq. in Linnaea 18: 621 (1845)
    • Miconia holosericea var. acuminata Ser. ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 182 (1828)
    • Miconia holosericea var. montana Crueg. in Linnaea 20: 110 (1847)
    • Miconia holosericea var. oblongata Ser. ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 182 (1828)
    • Miconia holosericea var. obtusiuscula DC. in Prodr. 3: 182 (1828)
    • Miconia montana Crueg. ex Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 116 (1871 publ. 1872)
    • Miconia renggeri Steud. in Flora 27: 723 (1844)
    • Miconia rufescens Macfad. ex Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 256 (1860)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Tropical America
      • Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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

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