TAXONOMIC STUDIES IN THE MICONIEAE (MELASTOMATACEAE) .6. MICONIA SANTANANA, A NEW SPECIES FROM HISPANIOLA

Authors
JUDD WS SKEAN JD
Citation
Ws. Judd et Jd. Skean, TAXONOMIC STUDIES IN THE MICONIEAE (MELASTOMATACEAE) .6. MICONIA SANTANANA, A NEW SPECIES FROM HISPANIOLA, Brittonia, 46(2), 1994, pp. 99-104
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Brittonia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0007196X
Volume
46
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
99 - 104
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-196X(1994)46:2<99:TSITM(>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Miconia santanana, which occurs in broad-leaved forests along streams of pineland habitats in the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republ ic, is described and illustrated. It is compared with M. ferruginea an d M. adenocalyx, two presumed close relatives within Miconia sect. Cha enopleura. Eco-geographic characterizations and a key are presented fo r these three species.