Seed Diversity in the Tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae): Taxonomic, Systematic, and Evolutionary Implications [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Miconieae is the largest tribe in the Melastomataceae with over 1,850 species. The members of Miconieae display a wide range of morphological diversity, and seed morphology is no exception. Previous studies have found that seed morphological diversity is
Frank Almeda +2 more
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Floral indumentum of Miconia: in search of diagnostic characters for the tribe Miconieae [PDF]
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2023 The tribe Miconieae was composed of a few genera, such as Miconia, Clidemia, Leandra, and Ossaea, but recent works have recognized Miconia as the only genus of the tribe.
Raisa Gonçales +3 more
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A new species of Miconia (Melastomataceae, Miconieae) from the Ecuador-Peru border [PDF]
PhytoKeys, 2012 Miconia machinazana C.Ulloa & D.A. Neill, sp. nov., a new species of Melastomataceae from the Ecuador-Peru border is described and illustrated. It is characterized by the narrow, decussate leaves, dense reddish brown indument, small flowers in short ...
Carmen Ulloa, David Neill, Olivia Dudek
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Revision of the Lima clade (Miconia sect. Lima, Miconieae, Melastomataceae) of the Greater Antilles [PDF]
PhytoKeys, 2016 Miconia sect. Lima is an entirely Greater Antillean clade that consists of 19 known species of shrubs and small trees, which were previously recognized under the polyphyletic genera Leandra and Ossaea.
Lucas Majure +2 more
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Miconia bullotricha and M. hirtistyla, two new species of Miconia sect. Lima (Miconieae, Melastomataceae) from eastern Cuba [PDF]
PhytoKeys, 2014 We describe two new species in Miconia sect. Lima, Miconia bullotricha Bécquer & Majure and Miconia hirtistyla Majure & Judd, from eastern, Cuba.
Lucas Majure +2 more
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Floral Morphoanatomy and Pollen Viability in Miconia polystachya (naudin) r. Goldenb., (Miconieae, Melastomataceae) [PDF]
Brazilian Archives of Biology and TechnologyMany Melastomataceae are distributed in highland rocky fields (Campos rupestres) landscapes with their intrinsic environmental factors. These factors influence the expression of morphoanatomical characteristics and determine which adaptations are ...
Guilherme de Almeida Caputti Araujo +1 more
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Miconia bahiana (Melastomataceae, Miconieae), a new species from semideciduous forest in Bahia, Brazil [PDF]
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Background – Recent collection efforts in semideciduous forests from Bahia, Brazil, provided material that belongs to a species of Miconia (Melastomataceae) not yet described scientifically.
Renato Goldenberg +2 more
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Una nueva especie de Miconia (Melastomataceae) de los bosques altoandinos de Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Acta Botanica Mexicana, 2022 Antecedentes y Objetivos: Miconia, con cerca de 1900 especies, es el género de las angiospermas leñosas más diverso en el Neotrópico y uno de los más grandes del planeta.
Humberto Mendoza-Cifuentes
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Biota Colombiana, 2018 Se describen dos especies de Melastomataceae de frutos carnosos procedentes del departamento de Antioquia, Colombia: Miconia mailynii y Miconia hernandogarciae. Miconia mailynii se caracteriza por la presencia de mirmecófilos, hojas levemente anisófilas
Humberto Mendoza-Cifuentes +2 more
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Biota Colombiana, 2017 Miconia curvitheca sp. nov. (Melastomataceae) es descrita y su nombre validado. Esta especie tiene una distribución restringida a los bosques altoandinos y subpáramos del sur y centro de la cordillera Central colombiana entre los 2900 y 3700 m s.n.m ...
Juan Mauricio Posada-Herrera +1 more
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