Miconia adenocalyx Urb. & Ekman

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Miconia adenocalyx Urb. & Ekman

  • Collector(s)

    W. S. Judd 6688 with J. D. Skean, Jr., A. Abrreu (forestry guard), 02 Jun 1992

  • Location

    Dominican Republic. San Juan. Cordillera Central; Parque Nacional Jos del Carmen Ramírez, on trail between "Forestry House" (Caseta del Forestal) to Arroyo Palo de Cuello; above Los Frios, on the jeep road from Arroyo Cano.

  • Habitat

    Moist montane forest (in ravines and some slopes) or moist Pinus occidentalis forest (on ridges and some slopes). Plants of moist montane forest, not along rivers or in pine forest (as the related Miconia sp. nov.). Occ. [Occasional].

  • Description

    Shrub to 3.5 m tall; flower buds white; bracts green; shade lvs. flat, 1- & 2-order veins impressed; sun lvs. also with tertiary veins impressed, and blade sl. abaxially curled. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01117588

    Occurrence ID: e1b939e4-34ca-4337-be51-bf496bc0d0bb

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Miconia adenocalyx Urb. & Ekman 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

    San Juan

  • Locality

    Cordillera Central; Parque Nacional Jos del Carmen Ramírez, on trail between "Forestry House" (Caseta del Forestal) to Arroyo Palo de Cuello; above Los Frios, on the jeep road from Arroyo Cano.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1300 - 1400 m. (4265 - 4593 ft.)

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