Taxon:
Miconia calvescens DC.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 3:185. 1828
Verified:
12/10/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
miconia – purple plague – Swedish
sammetsbuske –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | s.e. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | n. |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas]
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
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BRAZIL:
Brazil (s.e.)
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Paraguay
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland (n.)]
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
New Caledonia
Southern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
Weed | | | Meyer, J. Y. & J. Florence. 1996. Tahiti's native flora endangered by the invasion of Miconia calvescens DC. (Melastomataceae). J. Biogeogr. 23:775-781. |
Weed | | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |