Taxon:
Miconia racemosa (Aubl.) DC.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 3:179. 1828
Verified:
05/13/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Spanish (Puerto Rico)
terciopelo –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Maranhão | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Pará | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Piauí | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, United States [Puerto Rico]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Maranhão, Pará, Piauí]
Naturalized
Australasia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | | | Murphy, H. T. et al. 2008. Predicting dispersal and recruitment of Miconia calvescens (Melastomataceae) in Australian tropical rainforests. Biol. Invas. 10:925-936. |