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Miconia
Miconia is a genus of flowering plants in the glory bush family, Melastomataceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas. The species are mostly shrubs and small to medium-sized trees up to 15 m (49 ft) tall. The generic name honours Catalan physician and botanist Francesc Micó. Some species are known by the common name johnnyberry.
Many species are threatened by habitat destruction in their native range, and some are feared to be on the brink of extinction. On the other hand, M. calvescens is a contributing factor in the decline and maybe even extinction of other plants: it has become a highly invasive weed on a number of Pacific Islands where it was introduced, including Hawaii and Tahiti. It is often referred to as the "purple plague" or the "green cancer" in reference to its habit of overgrowing native ecosystems, and its leaves which are bright green above and bright purple below.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Koster's curse
speciesMiconia crenata
Canallito
speciesMiconia xalapensis
Miconia albicans
speciesMiconia albicans
squamulose maya
speciesMiconia squamulosa
pink pearl bush
speciesMiconia subcrustulata
velvet tree
speciesMiconia calvescens
Miconia tococa
speciesMiconia tococa
West Indian Lilac
speciesMiconia bicolor
Miconia prasina
speciesMiconia prasina
Miconia dependens
speciesMiconia dependens
Miconia ciliata
speciesMiconia ciliata
Miconia australis
speciesMiconia australis
silver miconia
speciesMiconia argentea
Miconia nervosa
speciesMiconia nervosa
Terciopelo
speciesMiconia racemosa
Miconia subseriata
speciesMiconia subseriata
Miconia crocea
speciesMiconia crocea
Guyanese pepper
speciesMiconia impetiolaris
Smooth Johnnyberry
speciesMiconia laevigata
Miconia theaezans
speciesMiconia theaezans
Galapagos miconia
speciesMiconia robinsoniana
Miconia melastomoides
speciesMiconia melastomoides
Miconia minutiflora
speciesMiconia minutiflora
Miconia aeruginosa
speciesMiconia aeruginosa
Miconia mayeta
speciesMiconia mayeta
Miconia stenostachya
speciesMiconia stenostachya
Miconia lacera
speciesMiconia lacera
Miconia umbellata
speciesMiconia umbellata
Miconia mirabilis
speciesMiconia mirabilis
Miconia salicifolia
speciesMiconia salicifolia
Miconia caudata
speciesMiconia caudata
Miconia sintenisii
speciesMiconia sintenisii
Miconia affinis
speciesMiconia affinis
Miconia sericea
speciesMiconia sericea
Miconia trinervia
speciesMiconia trinervia
Miconia dentata
speciesMiconia dentata
Miconia octona
speciesMiconia octona
Miconia ferruginata
speciesMiconia ferruginata
Miconia ligustrina
speciesMiconia ligustrina
Miconia conospeciosa
speciesMiconia conospeciosa
Miconia serrulata
speciesMiconia serrulata
Miconia subhirsuta
speciesMiconia subhirsuta
Miconia dodecandra
speciesMiconia dodecandra
Miconia mexicana
speciesMiconia mexicana
Miconia rubra
speciesMiconia rubra
Miconia notabilis
speciesMiconia notabilis
Miconia cinerascens
speciesMiconia cinerascens
Miconia trichocalyx
speciesMiconia trichocalyx
Miconia alata
speciesMiconia alata
Miconia ceramicarpa
speciesMiconia ceramicarpa
Miconia ibaguensis
speciesMiconia ibaguensis
Miconia fallax
speciesMiconia fallax
Miconia schlimii
speciesMiconia schlimii
Miconia karlkrugii
speciesMiconia karlkrugii
Miconia rufescens
speciesMiconia rufescens
Miconia sellowiana
speciesMiconia sellowiana
Miconia platyphylla
speciesMiconia platyphylla
Miconia tomentosa
speciesMiconia tomentosa
Miconia formosa
speciesMiconia formosa
Miconia cinnamomifolia
speciesMiconia cinnamomifolia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48887.