Melastomataceae
Miconia

Miconia impetiolaris (Sw.) D.Don

First published in Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 316 (1823)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • 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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Liogier, A.H. (2000). Flora de la Española 9: 1-151. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.

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
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • 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 Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 23, 2012 Brazil K000828670 No
Aug 23, 2012 Brazil K000828671 No
Sep 22, 2008 Panama K000536242 No
Sep 22, 2008 Panama K000536243 No
Sep 22, 2008 Panama K000536243 No
Sep 22, 2008 Panama K000536242 No
Sep 22, 2008 Panama K000536243 No
Sep 22, 2008 Panama K000536242 No
Sep 22, 2008 Panama K000536243 No
Sep 22, 2008 Panama K000536242 No
Feb 11, 2008 Brazil K000535972 No
Feb 11, 2008 Brazil K000535973 No
Jan 29, 2008 Trinidad & Tobago K000535852 No
Estrada, A. [402] Costa Rica K001769307 Yes
Morton, C.V.; Makrinius, E. [2434] Mexico K003481188 Yes
Bartlett, H.H. [12634] Guatemala K003481173 Yes
Thieme, C. [s.n.] Honduras K003481186 Yes
Friedrichsthal [s.n.] Guatemala K003481179 Yes
Zúniga, R. [235] Costa Rica K003481175 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [147] Belize K003481168 Yes
Wilson, P. [611] Honduras K003481187 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [4387] Costa Rica K003481181 Yes
Tonduz [s.n.] Costa Rica K003481176 Yes
Colipa [10] K003481183 Yes
Smith, J.D. [s.n.] Costa Rica K003481178 Yes
Marshall, N.T.; Castillo Mont, J.J.; Marshall, E.W. [439] Guatemala K003481177 Yes
Matuda, E. [16364] Mexico K003481165 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [147] Belize K003481169 Yes
Pital [13] K003481184 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [1557] Belize K003481170 Yes
Hoomans, J. [2] Costa Rica K003481174 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [2126] K003481182 Yes
Cuming [1291] Panama K003866651 Yes
Peck, M.E. [776] Belize K003481171 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [203] Belize K003481167 Yes
Bartlett, H.H. [12327] Guatemala K003481172 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [2817] Belize K003481166 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [4297] Costa Rica K003481180 Yes
s.coll. [13] Mexico K003481185 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 2025. 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 2025. 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