Miconia trichotoma

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 trichotoma

Name

Miconia trichotoma (Desr.) DC., 1828

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Acinodendron trichotomum (Desr.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 953 (1891)
  • Melastoma trichotomum Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 52 (1797)
• Heterotypic
  • Cremanium rivoeriae (Naudin) Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 262 (1860)
  • Melastoma matuba Spreng. in Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 3: 61 (1822)
  • Melastoma nigricans Vahl in Eclog. Amer. 3: 26 (1807)
  • Miconia rivoeriae Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 16: 170 (1851 publ. 1850)

Homonyms

• Miconia trichotoma Bello in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 268 (1883), nom. illeg. vide Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC. in Prodr. 3: 188 (1828)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America ^* Regional: Caribbean Leeward Is., Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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. : 188

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Miconia trichotoma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Miconia trichotoma. 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 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Miconia trichotoma. Published online. Accessed: December 26 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Miconia trichotoma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 December 2023.