Miconia
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Miconia

auquey
camasey cuatrocanales
camasey felpa
camasey racimoso
camasey tomaso
granadillo bobo
jau jau
johnny berry
johnnyberry
peralejo
rajador
saquiyac
velvet tree

Hierarchical position of the Genus Miconia

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Myrtanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 295. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Myrtales Rchb.
pub. Bot. Damen: 475. 1828.
  
   Familia  Melastomataceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 328. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Melastomes
  
   Subfamilia  Miconioideae Kostel.
pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1508. Jan-Oct 1835.
   Tribus  Miconieae DC.
pub. Prodr. 3: 152. mid Mar 1828.
   Subtribus  Miconinae (DC.) Meisn.
pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 111, Comm. 80. 8-14 Apr 1838.
   Genus  Miconia Ruiz & Pav.
pub. (1794)

Named members of the Genus Miconia

1
   Species  affinis DC.
common name: saquiyac
2
   Species  calvescens DC.
common name: velvet tree
3
   Species  foveolata Cogn.
common name: Puerto Rico johnnyberry
4
   Species  impetiolaris (Sw.) D. Don ex DC.
common name: camasey de costilla  (Mexico)
5
   Species  laevigata (L.) D. Don
common name: smooth johnnyberry
6
   Species  lanata (DC.) Triana
common name: hairy johnnyberry
7
   Species  microcarpa DC.
syn. Miconia affinis
8
   Species  mirabilis (Aubl.) L.O. Williams
common name: camasey cuatrocanales
9
   Species  ottoschulzii Urban & Ekman
syn. Graffenrieda ottoschulzii
10
   Species  pachyphylla Cogn.
common name: camasey racimoso
11
   Species  prasina (Sw.) DC.
common name: granadillo bobo
12
   Species  punctata (Desr.) D. Don ex DC.
common name: auquey
13
   Species  pycnoneura Urban
common name: ridge johnnyberry
14
   Species  racemosa (Aubl.) DC.
common name: camasey felpa
15
   Species  rubiginosa (Bonpl.) DC.
common name: peralejo
16
   Species  Ruiz & Pav�n
common name: johnnyberry
17
   Species  serrulata (DC.) Naud.
common name: jau jau
18
   Species  sintenisii Cogn.
common name: mountain johnnyberry
19
   Species  splendens (Sw.) Griseb.
20
   Species  subcorymbosa Britt.
common name: forest johnny berry
21
   Species  tetrandra (Sw.) D. Don
common name: rajador
22
   Species  tetrastoma Naud.
common name: graceful johnny berry
23
   Species  theaezans (Bonpl.) Cogn.
24
   Species  thomasiana DC.
common name: camasey tomaso
25
   Species  virescens (Vahl) Triana
syn. Miconia laevigata

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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