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 tall. The generic name honours Catalan physician and botanist Francesc Micó. Many species are threatened by habitat destruction in ...
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(from the article `Myrtales`) ...humid tropical belt but are most diverse in the New World, where two-thirds of the species are found. The largest genus—and one of the largest in ...
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Miconia is a genus of tropical shrubs and trees belonging to the family Melastomaceae. They bear corymbose panicles of red, white or yellow flowers.
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