Miconia subcompressa Urb.

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Miconia subcompressa Urb.

  • Collector(s)

    W. S. Judd 6561 with J. D. Skean, Jr., T. McDowell, 18 May 1992

  • Location

    Dominican Republic. Barahona. Sierra de Baoruco, Monteada Neuva, above (east of) Polo.

  • Habitat

    Disturbed moist cloud forest. With Brunellia, Weinmannia, Miconia, Magnolia, Gomodesia, Eugenia, Myrsine, Ocotea, Calyptranthes, Persea, Sagraea, Leandra, Meriania, Lyonia, Psychotria, Ilex, Coccoloba, Calycogonium, Henriettea, Clidemia. Common. Over limestone.

  • Description

    Shrub to 2.5 m tall; fruit gray-blue (purple when imature); flowers white, anthers white, arranged actinomorphically. Leaves with primary, secondary, tertiary veins impressed, fourth-order veins slightly impressed. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Specimen Notes

    "Voucher: revision of Miconia sect. Chaenopleura."

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01165765

    Occurrence ID: 51b223b0-87a5-4cac-a5a0-0583c6edc6b3

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Miconia subcompressa Urb. 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

    Barahona

  • Locality

    Sierra de Baoruco, Monteada Neuva, above (east of) Polo.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1325 - 1400 m. (4347 - 4593 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    18.87, -70.55

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