Melastomataceae
Miconia

Miconia calvescens DC.

First published in Prodr. 3: 185 (1828)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru

Introduced into:

Hawaii, Jamaica, Marquesas, Society Is., Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Jansen, P., Lemmens, R., Oyen, L., Siemonsma, J., Stavast, F. & Van Valkenburg, J. (1991) Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Basic list of species and commodity grouping. Final version. Pudoc, Wageningen.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1969 Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5249] Brazil K000833326 Yes
Ule, E. [9087] Brazil K000833344 Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.] Brazil K000833338 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [19334] Brazil K000833336 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000833337 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [17547] Brazil K000833342 Yes
Sperling, C.R.; Silva, M.G.; Condon, M.; Rosario, C.S.; Lima, R.P.; Santos, J.C. [6023] Brazil K000833348 Yes
Spruce, R. [1587] Brazil K000833331 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2586] Brazil K000833339 Yes
Riedel, L. [418] Brazil K000833340 Yes
Riedel, L. [2270] Brazil K000833341 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Kubitzki, K.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Lima, J.F. [12363] Brazil K000833352 Yes
s.coll. [18] Brazil K000536011 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [4551] Peru K000006165 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [16890] Brazil K000833343 Yes
Teixeira, L.O.A.; Fife, A.J.; McFarland, K.; Mota, C.D.A.; Santos, J.L.; Gomes, S.P.; Nelson, B.W. [438] Brazil K000833355 Yes
Marquete, R. [858] Brazil K000833351 Yes
Sales, M. [475] Brazil K000833356 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4974] Brazil K000833347 Yes
Anderson, W.R.; Hill, S.R.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [9607] Brazil K000833354 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000833334 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [17533] Brazil K000833349 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [7214] Brazil K000833328 Yes
Spruce, R. [1587] Brazil K000833330 Yes
Nakajima, J.N.; Romero, R.; Farinaccio, M.A. [2603] Brazil K000833357 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000833333 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [21398] Brazil K000833335 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5249] Brazil K000833325 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [1124] Brazil K000833346 Yes
Kirkbride, J.H. [4337] Brazil K000833353 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000833332 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Lleras, E.; Steward, W.C.; Ongley, J.C.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Lima, J.F. [16742] Brazil K000833350 Yes
Sandeman, C. [2041] Brazil K000833329 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [7214] Brazil K000833327 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0