Melastomataceae
Miconia

Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 3: 188 (1828)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Liogier, A.H. (2000). Flora de la Española 9: 1-151. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew’s Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Liogier, A.H. (2000). Flora de la Española 9: 1-151. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1965 Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [59522] Brazil K000833498 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [9855] Brazil K000833521 Yes
Spruce, R. [2911] Brazil K000833496 Yes
Cavalcante, P.B. [2360] Brazil K000833527 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [3948] Brazil K000833497 Yes
s.coll. [1255] Brazil K000833506 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [3332] Brazil K000833499 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Ramos, J.; Mota, C.D.A. [6223] Brazil K000833534 Yes
Schomburgk [98.S.] Guyana K000536091 Type Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [10407] Brazil K000833501 Yes
Sellow, F. [s.n.] Brazil K000833519 Yes
Silva, N.T. [57830] Brazil K000833509 Yes
Spruce, R. [161] Brazil K000833510 Yes
Lucas, E.; Zappi, D.C.; Frisby, S.; Milliken, W.; Silva, D.R.; Soares, C.R.A.; Forte, A.F.; Piva, J.H. [1141] Brazil K001635209 No
Zappi, D.C.; Milliken, W.; Frisby, S.; Soares, C.R.A.; Forte, A.F.; Silva, D.R.; Lindolfo, L.F. [3236] Brazil K001635211 No
Souza, G.M.; Araújo, M.L.; Oliveira, M.; Lucena, M.F.A. [93] Brazil K000833539 Yes
Miers, J. [4618] Brazil K000833493 Yes
Saltzmann [s.n.] Brazil K000833516 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000833514 Yes
Pirani, J.R.; Magenta, M.A.G.; Conceição, A.A. [3471] Brazil K000833452 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [780] Brazil K000833504 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, R. [11131] Brazil K000833528 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [8619] Brazil K000833500 Yes
s.coll. [1250] Brazil K000833508 Yes
Ule, E. [4086] Brazil K000833503 Yes
Dubs, B. [423] Brazil K000833531 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Beck, H.; Cardoso, J. [30381] Brazil K000833532 Yes
Redden, K.M.; Perry, C.; Benjamin, P.; Singh, D.; Wurdack, K.; Hinchliff, C. [4414] Guyana K000833451 Yes
Baumgratz, J.F.A.; Giordano, L.C.S.; Bovini, M.; Silva, J.C. [757] Brazil K001516536 Yes
Aona, L.Y.S.; Conceição, S.F.; Ferreira, R. [2678] Brazil K000992471 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [17599] Brazil K000833525 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [9813] Brazil K000833511 Yes
Gardner, G. [1010] Brazil K000833512 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2634-2] Brazil K000833505 Yes
Riedel, L. [93] Brazil K000833524 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Stewart, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G.; Monteiro, O.P. [9541] Brazil K000833520 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [10090] Brazil K000833492 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [998] Brazil K000833522 Yes
Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil K000833494 Yes
Gardner, G. [37] Brazil K000833518 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000833513 Yes
Sellow, F. [s.n.] Brazil K000833495 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [3368] Brazil K000833507 Yes
Gasson, P.; Natalino, L. [6199] Brazil K000833537 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pires, J.M.; Cordeiro, I. [29439] Brazil K000833536 Yes
Mori, S.; Cardoso, R. [17389] Brazil K000833535 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2792] Brazil K000837073 Yes
Spruce, R. [2911] Brazil K000833515 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [17545] Brazil K000833526 Yes
Sellow, F. [s.n.] Brazil K000833517 Yes
Bolland, G. [31] Brazil K000833502 Yes
Fisher, W.H. [289] Brazil K000833530 Yes
Sellow, F. [s.n.] Brazil K000833523 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Suriname K001078015 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Pires, J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [47893] Brazil K000833529 Yes
Schomburgk [363/532B] Guyana K000536032 Type Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil Miconia prasina var. crispula K000536030 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil Miconia prasina var. crispula K000536031 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dubs, B. [486] Brazil Miconia prasina var. attenuata K000833538 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5118] Brazil Miconia pteropoda K000833542 Yes
Amaral, I.L.; Cid, C.A.; Guedes, J.; Lima, J. [112] Brazil Miconia pteropoda K000833540 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5118] Brazil Miconia pteropoda K000833541 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil Miconia pteropoda K000833543 Yes
Spruce, R. [1190] Brazil Miconia pteropoda K000833544 Yes
Ule, E. [7842] Brazil Miconia mucronulata K000535971 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0