Miconia tetrandra (Sw.) D. Don ex G. Don (in J.C. Loudon, Hort. Brit. 174. 1830.)
Localities: West Indies (endemic), Lesser Antilles (native) [Grenada, Dominica, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[], ],
Common Names: Camasey (Puerto Rico), Rajador (Dominican Republic), Rajidor (Dominican Republic), Yarador (Dominican Republic),
Synonyms: Acinodendron tetrandrum (Sw.) Kuntze (Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 953. 1891.), Cremanium tetrandrum (Sw.) Griseb. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 262. 1860), Melastoma farinulentum Sw. ex Wikstr. (Kongl. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. 1827: 65. 1827.), Melastoma tetrandrum Sw. (Prodr. 72. 1788.), Tetrazygia tetrandra (Sw.) DC. (Prodr. 3: 172. 1828.),
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