Melastomataceae
Miconia

Miconia cinnamomea Beurl.

First published in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1854: 131 (1856)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nicaragua to Venezuela (Zulia). It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Conostegia cinnamomea.]

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.
  • 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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Knight, D. [69-5] Panama Conostegia micromeris K003480096 Yes
Dwyer, J.D.; Mireya D. Correa A. [7982] Panama Conostegia micromeris K003480097 Yes
Kirkbride Jr, J.H. [2585] Colombia Conostegia micromeris K003480098 Yes
Killip, E.P. [39988] Panama Conostegia micromeris K003480099 Yes
Haught, O. [4939] Colombia Conostegia haughtii K000535833 Type Yes
Cuadras, J.; Espinosa, A.; Luque, D.; Martin-Ballesteros, M.A.; Velayos, M. [8051MV] Panama Conostegia cinnamomea K003480090 Yes
Zúniga, R. [257] Costa Rica Conostegia cinnamomea K003869895 Yes
Jiménez, Q.; Kennedy, H.; Zúniga, R. [910] Costa Rica Conostegia cinnamomea K003869897 Yes
Zúniga, R. [257] Costa Rica Conostegia cinnamomea K003869898 Yes
Valverde, Ó.; Estrada, A.; Gomez, H. [290] Costa Rica Conostegia cinnamomea K003869894 Yes
Madriñán, S.; Barbosa, C.E. [486] Colombia Conostegia cinnamomea K003480091 Yes
Jiménez, Q.; Kennedy, H.; Zúniga, R. [910] Costa Rica Conostegia cinnamomea K003869896 Yes
Zúniga, R. [249] Costa Rica Conostegia cinnamomea K003869899 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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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