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Nomenclatural novelties in Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae)

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The Miconieae (Melastomaceae) are a strictly Neotropical group comprising over 1900 species. The tribe is characterized by inflorescences that are terminal or axillary, but not cauliflorous (except a few species of Charianthus, Clidemia, and Mecranium), flowers subtended by only one pair of bracteoles (or none at all), with anthers that lack a pedoconnective, leaves without long acicular raphides, and berry fruits. Generic delimitations within the Miconieae have been notoriously complex, and phylogenetic analyses have shown that Miconia is paraphyletic with many other genera embedded within it. These nested genera include Anaectocalyx, Calycogonium, Catocoryne, Charianthus, Clidemia, Conostegia, Killipia, Leandra, Maieta, Mecranium, Necramium, Ossaea, Pachyanthus, Pleiochiton, Sagraea, Tetrazygia, and Tococa. In the absence of a workable solution that allows the subdivision of the tribe into smaller, morphologically recognizable and monophyletic genera, it has been previously proposed that only one genus be recognized in the tribe. Here we present the necessary taxonomic and nomenclatural changes necessary to recognize Miconia as the sole genus within Miconieae.

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This work is part of the PBI-Miconieae project funded by NSF (DEB-0818399), with supplemental funding provided by the NSF (DEB-0515665, DEB-1140409, DEB-1343612) and the Richard Lounsbery Foundation. Jefferson Prado and Robbin Moran made invaluable comments to improve this manuscript.

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  1. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, 10458, USA

    Fabián A. Michelangeli

  2. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Renato Goldenberg

  3. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, 94118, USA

    Frank Almeda

  4. Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Walter S. Judd

  5. Jardín Botánico Nacional, Universidad de la Habana, 19239, La Habana, CP, Cuba

    Eldis R. Bécquer

  6. Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, 20131, Aguascalientes, AGS CP, Mexico

    Gilberto Ocampo

  7. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA, 31061, USA

    Gretchen M. Ionta

  8. Albion College, Albion, MI, 49224, USA

    J. Dan Skean Jr

  9. Department of Research, Conservation & Collections, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ, 85008, USA

    Lucas C. Majure

  10. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Lucas C. Majure

  11. University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, 28403, USA

    Darin S. Penneys

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Michelangeli, F.A., Goldenberg, R., Almeda, F. et al. Nomenclatural novelties in Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae). Brittonia 71, 82–121 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-018-9546-0

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