Miconia bracteata (DC.) Triana
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1961. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IV (2). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-87.
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Family
Melastomataceae
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Scientific Name
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Discussion
M. demerarensis Gleason, Bull. Torrey Club 75:551. 1948.
Gleason's distinctions for M . demerarensis do not hold for any series of specimens of this complex; even on the holotype, some stamens have short dorsal connective prolongations below the filament attachment. I have been able to examine holotypic material, except for M. trichodes D C . of which material has not been available to any monographer since de Candolle, for all the names involved in this small species group.