Miconia
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Miconia is a genus of flowering plants in the 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 tall.
Miconia calvescens is an invasive species on a number of Pacific islands.
- Selected species
- Miconia affinis
- Miconia calvescens
- Miconia foveolata
- Miconia impetiolaris
- Miconia laevigata
- Miconia lanata
- Miconia mirabilis
- Miconia pachyphylla
- Miconia prasina
- Miconia punctata
- Miconia pycnoneura
- Miconia racemosa
- Miconia rubiginosa
- Miconia serrulata
- Miconia sintenisii
- Miconia splendens
- Miconia subcorymbosa
- Miconia tetrandra
- Miconia tetrastoma
- Miconia theaezans
- Miconia thomasiana