Miconia dodecandra Cogn.

Filed As

Melastomataceae
Miconia dodecandra Cogn.

Collector(s)

W. S. Judd 8093 with J. R. Abbott, J. D. Skean, R. Judd, 31 May 2006

Location

Dominican Republic. Barahona. Monteada Nueva Region (peak is Loma Trocha de Pey), S on Cabral-Polo Road, then ca. 7.8 km SE on "riverbed road" and dirt road to "Cortico" and silica mine (open degraded area sometimes erroneously reported as a silver mine).

Habitat

Degraded cloud forest. With Vaccinium racemosum, Lyonia stahlii var. costata, Tibouchina longifolia, Meriania involucrata, Sagraea gracilis, Miconia dodecandra, Calycogonium, Miconia tetrastoma, Mecranium ovatum, Brunellia comocladifolia, Phytolacca rivinoides, Crassocephalum crepidoides, Arthrostylidium, Huperzia, Lycopodium clavatum, Stelis, Pleurothallis, Dichaea, Cheiroglossa palmata, Ficus, Hieronima, Eupatorium, Bocconia, Eugenia, Lophosoria, Elaphoglossum, Daphnopsis crassifolia, Passiflora, Solanum spp., Cecropia, Oreopanax, Didymopanax, Alsophila, Renealmia, Prestoea. Common.

Description

Shrub to tree to ca. 10 m tall; fruits black; branches horizontal, sympodial in growth form, so plant has a distinctive aspect. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

Specimen Notes

"DNA Voucher"

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 01117347

Occurrence ID: ae323f22-7b46-49d5-9ab3-425f9d253646

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