Miconia septentrionalis Judd & R.S.Beaman

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Miconia septentrionalis Judd & R.S.Beaman

  • Collector(s)

    W. S. Judd 6589 with J. D. Skean, Jr., B. Santana, 22 May 1992

  • Location

    Dominican Republic. Elias Piña. Cordillera Central: west slope and peak of Loma Nalga de Maco.

  • Habitat

    These plants mainly from 1950-1960 m, but some seen as low as 1750 m. Moist montane forest dominated by Coccoloba, Podocarpus, Garrya, Miconia, Baccharis, Palicouria, Psychotria, Bumelia, Ocotea, Persea, Vaccinium, Myrsine, Symplocos, Cordia, Sapium, Ternstroemia, Cestrum, Didymopanax, Weinmannia, Brunellia, Ilex. Locally common.

  • Description

    Shrub to 4 m tall. Leaves with primary and secondary veins impressed; seedlings with clearly ridged twigs; old plants with young twigs ridged to ellipsoid; old fruits. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.

  • Specimen Notes

    "Voucher - Miconia sect. Chaenopleura study."

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01130459

    Occurrence ID: e7e1b79b-7771-440d-960e-dee15dea98a2

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Miconia septentrionalis Judd & R.S.Beaman det W. S. Judd
    Note: ! W. S. Judd, 2001, "Examined at FLAS for Taxonomic Revision of Miconia sect. Chaenopleura in the Greater Antilles."

  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Dominican Republic

  • State/Province

    Elias Piña

  • Locality

    Cordillera Central: west slope and peak of Loma Nalga de Maco.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1700 - 1960 m. (5577 - 6430 ft.)

  • Distribution

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