Miconia plumieriifolia Britton & P.Wilson
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Authority
Contributions from The New York Botanical Garden: Volume X 1921-1923.
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Family
Melastomataceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Shrub, the twigs, petioles and branches of the inflorescence clothed with a dense brownish white stellate scurf. Leaves 3-nerved, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 10.5-15 cm. long, 2.5-3.8 cm. broad, green and glabrous or nearly so above, densely ferruginous-pubescent beneath with short stellate hairs, reticulate-veined, the lateral veins 2-3 mm. distant, nearly at right angles to the midrib, the petioles 1.5-2 cm. long; branches of the inflorescence loosely articulate; pedicels 2-4.5 mm. long; flowers undeveloped; calyx-lobes shortly triangular-ovate.
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Distribution
Sierra Maestra, Oriente (Leon 10925).
Cuba South America|