Miconia furfuracea (Vahl) Griseb.

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Miconia furfuracea (Vahl) Griseb.

  • Collector(s)

    W. H. Hodge 512, August 9 and 24, 1938

  • Location

    Dominica. Sylvaina.

  • Habitat

    On open slopes. Cleared forest-land (rainfall 445 cm.). Red volcanic soil underlaid with hardpan.

  • Description

    Small tree, 1-4 m, flowers white. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Specimen Notes

    [See duplicate sheets, NY barcodes 01116858, 01116883]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01116884

    Occurrence ID: 25ba67e5-c9f8-4cad-8e69-0fe12e37b27c

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Miconia furfuracea (Vahl) Griseb.
    Note: ! W. S. Judd, 2002, "Examined at FLAS for revisionary studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae)"

  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Dominica

  • Locality

    Sylvaina

  • Elevation

    Alt. 457 - 549 m. (1499 - 1801 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    15.3604, -61.3576

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    1158

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide (Zermoglio et. Referred to the Mapcarta geographical database for locality information (https://mapcarta.com/19496872). Used halved distance between feature and nearest named feature, Campbell, to approximate geographic radial.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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