Miconia mirabilis

Miconia mirabilis

Miconia mirabilis

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 mirabilis

Name

Miconia mirabilis (Aubl.) L.O.Williams, 1963

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chitonia fothergilla D.Don in Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 318 (1823), nom. superfl.
  • Chitonia mirabilis (Aubl.) D.Don in Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 318 (1823)
  • Diplochita fothergilla DC. in Prodr. 3: 176 (1828), nom. superfl.
  • Fothergilla mirabilis Aubl. in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 440 (1775)
  • Lieutautia (Aubl.) Buc'hoz in Pl. Nouv. Découv.: 9 (1779)
  • Melastoma fothergilla Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 45 (1797), nom. superfl.
  • Melastoma fothergilla var. lanceolata Bonpl. in Monogr. Melast. 1: 71 (1809), not validly publ.
  • Miconia fothergilla Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 16: 119 (1851 publ. 1850), nom. superfl.
  • Tamonea fothergilla O.F.Cook & G.N.Collins in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 249 (1903), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Acinodendron floridum (DC.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 951 (1891)
  • Acinodendron guianense (Aubl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 244 (1891)
  • Diplochita florida DC. in Prodr. 3: 176 (1828)
  • Diplochita rosea Macfad. in Fl. Jamaica 2: 74 (1837)
  • Melastoma compressum Vahl in Eclog. Amer. 3: 23 (1807)
  • Melastoma fothergilla var. ovalis Bonpl. in Monogr. Melast. 1: 71 (1809), nom. superfl.
  • Melastoma tamonea Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 70 (1788), nom. superfl.
  • Miconia florida (DC.) Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 16: 244 (1851 publ. 1850)
  • Miconia guianensis (Aubl.) Cogn. in Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 280 (1886)
  • Miconia guianensis var. ovalis Cogn. in Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 280 (1886)
  • Miconia guianensis var. vulgaris Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(4): 246 (1887), not validly publ.
  • Tamonea guianensis Aubl. in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 441 (1775)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Central American Pac, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is Regional: Western South America Peru Continental:Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Southwest. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• L.O.Williams, 1963. Fieldiana: Botany. Chicago [Field Museum of Natural History] 29:574. 1963

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Miconia mirabilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Miconia mirabilis. 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 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Miconia mirabilis. Published online. Accessed: December 23 2023. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Miconia mirabilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 December 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Miconia mirabilis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

español: camasey, cuatrocanales

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