Miconia chrysophylla

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Interesting Facts

Description

Family Melastomataceae

Herbs, shrubs , or trees (to 20 m tall), erect , climbing , or rarely epiphytic. Stipules lacking. Leaves simple , commonly opposite and decussate with one of a pair slightly smaller than other, rarely verticillate or alternate by abortion of one of a pair, usually 1-4(or 5) secondary veins on each side of midvein , originating at or near base and anastomosing apically, tertiary veins numerous, parallel, and connecting secondary veins and midvein but in Memecylon secondary veins pinnate and tertiary veins reticulate . Inflorescences cymose , umbellate , corymbose , in paniculate clusters , or a cincinnus, rarely flowers single, fascicled, or born on a spike; bracts sometimes conspicuous and persistent . Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic but androecium often slightly zygomorphic, usually (3 or) 4- or 5(or 6) -merous, perianth biseriate , perigynous; bracteoles opposite, usually caducous . Hypanthium funnel-shaped, campanulate , cyathiform , or urceolate . Calyx lobes (3-) 5(or 6), valvate (rarely connate , but not in Chinese species) . Petals (3-) 5(or 6), equal to number of sepals, distinct , imbricate. Stamens usually twice as many as petals and in 2 whorls, rarely as many as petals by loss of 1 whorl, isomorphic or dimorphic ; filaments distinct, often geniculate , inflexed in bud; anthers typically 2-celled, introrse , basifixed , dehiscent by 1 or 2 apical pores or by short longitudinal slits (Astronia, Memecylon) ; connective often variously appendaged. Pistil and style 1; stigma minute, capitate or truncate . Ovary commonly inferior or semi-inferior, locules usually (3 or) 4 or 5(or 6) with numerous anatropous ovules , rarely 1-loculed and ovules ca. 9 (Memecylon) ; placentation axillary , parietal (Astronia and, outside China, Pternandra Jack ), or free central (Memecylon) . Fruit a dry or fleshy capsule or a berry, loculicidally dehiscent or indehiscent. Seeds (when 3-6-loculed) usually small, curved through half a circle (cochleate) or wedge-shaped (cuneate), in Memecylon seeds large and ovoid ; endosperm absent.

Between 156 and 166 genera (150-160 in Melastomataceae sensu stricto and six in Memecylaceae here considered part of Melastomataceae) and ca. 4500 species (ca. 4050 in Melastomataceae sensu stricto and 450 in Memecylaceae [Olisbeoideae if considered a subfamily of Melastomataceae]) : primarily in tropical and subtropical regions; 21 genera (five endemic) and 114 species (72 endemic) in China.

Chinese genera of economic value include Osbeckia (medicine) and Melastoma (wild fruit and ornamental flowers) .[1]

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Miconia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

M. affinis (Saquiyac) · M. calvescens (Miconia) · M. foveolata (Puerto Rico Johnnyberry) · M. impetiolaris (Camasey De Costilla) · M. laevigata (Smooth Johnnyberry) · M. lanata (Hairy Johnnyberry) · M. mirabilis (Camasey Cuatrocanales) · M. pachyphylla (Camasey Racimoso) · M. prasina (Granadillo Bobo) · M. pseudonervosa (Lattice Monocle Bream) · M. punctata (Auquey) · M. pycnoneura (Ridge Johnny Berry) · M. racemosa (Camasey Felpa) · M. rubiginosa (Peraleio) · M. serrulata (Jau Jau) · M. sintenisii (Mountain Johnnyberry) · M. splendensc (Giant Bully) · M. subcorymbosa (Forest Johnny Berry) · M. tetrandra (Rajador) · M. tetrastoma (Graceful Johnny Berry) · M. thomasiana (Camasey Tomaso)

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Further Reading

• Contributions to the flora of Venezuela / Julian A. Steyermark and collaborators. 28 1957 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1957. url p. 1026, p. 1034.
• Flora of Guatemala / Paul C. Standley and Louis O. Williams. 24 1963 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1963. url p. 471.
• Flora of Peru / by J. Francis Macbride. 13 1941 Chicago, [Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, [1941] url p. 360, p. 397.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 414, p. 505.
• The forests and flora of British Honduras / by Paul C. Standley and Samuel J. Record; in cooperation with the Conservator of Forests and the Agricultural Officer of the Colony. 12 1936 Chicago: [Field Museum of Natural History], 1936. url p. 295.
• Woods of northeastern Peru, by Llewelyn Williams. 15 1936 Chicago, 1936. url p. 386, p. 558.
• Chen Cheih. 1984. Melastomataceae. In: Chen Cheih, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 53(1): 135-293.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 14, 2008:

• GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico (Madrid), Vascular Plant Herbarium (MA)
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus: The AAU Herbarium Database
• Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3468473
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14122890
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:572290-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1084575

Footnotes

1. Jie Chen & Susanne S. Renner "Melastomataceae". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 360. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 513.530 meters (1,684.810 feet), Standard Deviation = 931.500 based on 116 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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