Miconia umbellata (Mill.) Judd & Ionta (Brittonia 65(1): 73. 2013.)
Localities: West Indies (endemic), Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[], Puerto Rico (native)[], ],
Synonyms: Clidemia cymosa (Wendl. ex Spreng.) Alain (Moscosoa 8: 7. 1994.), Clidemia eggersii (Cogn.) F.S. Axelrod (Syst. Vademec. Vasc. Pl. Puerto Rico 210. 2011, scooped from our manuscript, weedy in PR a synonym of Miconia ubellat (Mill.) Judd & Ionta fide Judd), Clidemia umbellata (Mill.) L.O. Williams (Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 560. 1963.), Heterotrichum cymosum (Wendl. ex Spreng.) Urb. (Symb. Antill. 4: 462. 1910.), Heterotrichum eggersii Cogn. (Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 282. 1886.), Heterotrichum niveum sensu Naudin, non DC. (Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., sér. 3, 18: 86. 1852.), Heterotrichum octonum sensu Bello, non DC. (Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 267. 1881.), Heterotrichum patens DC. (Prodr. 3: 173. 1828.), Heterotrichum umbellatum (Mill.) Urb. (Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 14. 1917.), Melastoma cymosum Wendl. ex Spreng. (Syst. Veg. ed., 16, 2: 299. 1825.), Melastoma umbellatum Mill. (Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.),
Citations:1). Judd, W.S., & G.M. Ionta. 2013. Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). X. Revision of the species of the Miconia crotonifolia complex. Brittonia 65(1), 66–95.
Last edited 19 Apr 17