Miconia conoapiculata

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

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

Name

Miconia conoapiculata Michelang., Brittonia 71(1): 90 (2018)

Synonymy

• Replaced synonym
  • Conostegia apiculata Wurdack, Brittonia 9(2): 103 (1957)
    • Note: there exists a blocking name Miconia apiculata Urb. & Ekman (1929).
    • Typus: F.R. Fosberg 21084 (1 October 1943, with flowers; Holotypus: US [​US00120697 (2108947)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}]; Isotypus: NY [​NY00221631^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
    • Type locality: Colombia. Dept. Nariño: [Cordillera Occidental], Curcuele just above San Miguel, 8 km below Piedrancha, valley of Río Guabo, [​1°11′N, 77°56′W], elev. 1550 m, a wooded ravine bottom at base of hills.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Colombia, Ecuador. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Notes

• Ecuadoran occurrence is represented by C. Aulestia & A. Grijalva 1147 (collected in Awa Reserve, Tulcán, Carchi, alt. 900 m; 18 February 1993; deposited at QCNE 71550 (320845)^(Tropicos); also at AAU [see Tropicos record], MO [​MO-1716061 (04664912)^{(GBIF, speciesLink)}], US [​US02931261 (3290092)^{(CRIA, GBIF)}]).

References

Primary references

• Michelangeli, F.A., Goldenberg, R., Almeda, F., Judd, W.S., Bécquer, E.R., Ocampo, G., Ionta, G.M., Skean, J.D., Jr., Majure, L.C. & Penneys, D.S., 2019[2018]. Nomenclatural novelties in Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae). Brittonia 71(1): 82–121. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-018-9546-0 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Almeda, F., Mendoza-Cifuentes, H., Penneys, D.S., Michelangeli, F.A. & Alvear, M.,  Conostegia%20apiculata. In: Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. 2015. Cátalogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. ISBN 978-958-775-726-2 ResearchGate (Vol. 1).  Accessed: 12 December 2022. Reference page. 
• Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181. Online. Reference page. 
• Kribel, R. 2016. A Monograph of Conostegia (Melastomataceae, Miconieae). PhytoKeys 67: 1–326. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.67.6703 Reference page. 
• Schnell, C.E. 1996. The genus Conostegia (Melastomataceae). 1–382. In: Schnell Genus Conostegia. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge.
• Wurdack, J.J. 1957. Certamen Melastomataceis―IV. Brittonia 9(2): 101–109. DOI: 10.2307/2804774 JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Miconia conoapiculata. Accessed: 2022 December 12.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Miconia conoapiculata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Miconia conoapiculata. Published online. Accessed: 12 December 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Miconia conoapiculata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 December 2022.