Miconia mirabilis (Aubl.) L.O.Williams
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Filed As
Melastomataceae
Miconia mirabilis (Aubl.) L.O.Williams -
Collector(s)
G. P. Cooper 28, 21 Jan 1933
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Location
Dominica. Sylvaina.
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Habitat
Common in second growth. Springs up on abandoned land and pastures. Common. This tree is the most common of the Melastomataceae on the Island.
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Description
Tree 30-50 ft. tall; petals creamy-white. Trunk fluted, bark grey-brown, blotched, smooth. Wood light creamy color, close grained, rather hard. Sap makes purple-blue staine when fresh. Flowers mostly at top of crown giving tree conspicuous appearance in forest, especially in groves. Leaves are deep green and glabrous above but grey-green with rusty pubescence below and with 5 prominent veins sunken above. The flowers are in long spike-like clusters, branching and erect. The petals are creamy-white and the stamens yellow and exposed with the turning back of the petals. The stamens are shaped like a machete with notches on the concave side. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 01117159
Occurrence ID: 8ced2c78-25ab-4918-971f-5e2292cd8e2e
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Myrtales
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Family
Melastomataceae
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All Determinations
Miconia mirabilis (Aubl.) L.O.Williams det W. S. Judd, 2001
Note: "Examined at FLAS for a floristic study of the species of Miconia (Melastomataceae) in Hispaniola."
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Region
West Indies
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Country
Dominica
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Locality
Sylvaina
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Elevation
Alt. 457 - 549 m. (1499 - 1801 ft.)
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Coordinates
15.3604, -61.3576
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Coordinate Uncertainty (m)
1158
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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.
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Geodetic Datum
WGS84
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Distribution
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Miconia mirabilis (Aubl.) L.O.Williams