Many species are threatened by habitat destruction in their native range, and some are feared to be on the brink of extinction. On the other hand, M. calvescens is a contributing factor in the decline and maybe even extinction of other plants: it has become a highly invasiveweed on a number of Pacific Islands where it was introduced, including Hawaii and Tahiti. It is often referred to as the "purple plague" or the "green cancer" in reference to its habit of overgrowing native ecosystems, and its leaves which are bright green above and bright purple below.
Miconia fruit are a favorite food of many birds (invasive M. calvescens spreads by this route). The leaves of some species are eaten by caterpillars of the moth-butterflies (Hedylidae).
^Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. III M-Q A-C. CRC Press. p. 1676. ISBN978-0-8493-2677-6.
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Miconia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^GOLDENBERG, RENATO; ALMEDA, FRANK; CADDAH, MAYARA K.; MARTINS, ANGELA B.; MEIRELLES, JULIA; MICHELANGELI, FABIAN A.; WEISS, MARKUS (2013). "Nomenclator botanicus for the neotropical genus Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae)". Phytotaxa. 106 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.106.1.1. ISSN 1179-3163.
^Michelangeli, Fabián A.; Goldenberg, Renato (2020-09-08). "A revision of the florbella group of Miconia (Melastomataceae, Miconieae) with description of three new species". Brittonia. 73: 85–105. doi:10.1007/s12228-020-09633-w. ISSN 1938-436X. S2CID 225290096.
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miconia, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009, le. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Miconia news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 Mico 2 Some species are known by the common name johnnyberry 3 MiconiaVelvet tree Miconia calvescens Scientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade RosidsOrder MyrtalesFamily MelastomataceaeGenus MiconiaRuiz amp PavonSpecies 1 Around 1 900 see List of Miconia speciesSynonyms 1 Synonymy Abrophaes Raf 1838 nom superfl Acidodendron Kuntze 1891 orth var Acinodendron Raf 1838 Acinolis Raf 1838 Amphitoma Gleason 1925 Anaectocalyx Triana ex Benth amp Hook f 1867 Angeja Vand 1771 nom rej Antisola Raf 1838 Augustinea A St Hil amp Naudin 1844 Auliphas Raf 1838 Calophysa DC 1828 Calycogonium DC 1828 Capitellaria Naudin 1852 Catachaenia Griseb 1860 Catocoryne Hook f 1867 Catonia P Browne 1756 Chaenanthera Rich ex DC 1828 Chaenopleura Rich ex DC 1828 Charianthus D Don 1823 Chiloporus Naudin 1845 Chitonia D Don 1823 Chrysophora Cham ex Triana 1871 publ 1872 Clastilix Raf 1838 Clidemia D Don 1823 Clidemiastrum Naudin 1852 Conostegia D Don 1823 Copedesma Gleason 1925 Cremanium D Don 1823 Cryptophysa Standl amp J F Macbr 1929 Cyanophyllum Naudin 1852 Cyathanthera Pohl 1831 Dancera Raf 1838 Decaraphe Miq 1840 Diplochita DC 1828 Diplodonta H Karst 1857 Ekmaniocharis Urb 1921 Eurychaenia Griseb 1860 Eustegia Raf 1838 Folomfis Raf 1838 Fothergilla Aubl 1775 nom illeg Gallasia Mart ex DC 1828 Glossocentrum Crueg 1847 Gonema Raf 1838 Graffenrieda Mart 1832 nom illeg Happia Neck 1790 not validly publ Harrera Macfad 1837 Hartigia Miq 1845 Heterotrichum DC 1828 nom illeg Hormocalyx Gleason 1935 Hosangia Neck 1790 not validly publ Icaria J F Macbr 1929 Jucunda Cham 1835 Killipia Gleason 1925 Leandra Raddi 1820 Leonicenia Scop 1777 nom rej Lieutautia Buc hoz 1779 nom superfl Lomanthera Raf 1838 Maieta Aubl 1775 Mecranium Hook f 1867 Menendezia Britton 1925 Miconiastrum Bonpl ex Naudin 1851 Microphysa Naudin 1851 publ 1850 nom illeg Microphysca Naudin 1852 Mommsenia Urb amp Ekman 1926 Muelleramra Kuntze 1891 Myrmidone Mart 1832 Naudinia A Rich 1846 nom rej Necramium Britton 1924 Octella Raf 1838 Octomeris Naudin 1845 nom superfl Octonum Raf 1838 Oxymeris DC 1828 Pachyanthus A Rich 1846 Pachydesmia Gleason 1948 Platycentrum Naudin 1852 Pleiochiton Naudin ex A Gray 1853 Pleurochaenia Griseb 1860 Pogonorhynchus Crueg 1847 Prosanerpis S F Blake 1922 Pterocladon Hook f 1867 Rupestrea R Goldenb Almeda amp Michelang 2015 Sagraea DC 1828 Sarcomeris Naudin 1851 Schizanthera Turcz 1862 Sericola Raf 1838 Soltmannia Naudin 1851 publ 1850 Sphaerogyne Naudin 1851 Staphidiastrum Naudin 1852 Staphidium Naudin 1852 Stephanotrichum Naudin 1845 Synodon Raf 1838 Synoptera Raf 1838 Terera Naudin 1851 publ 1850 not validly publ Tetrazygia Rich ex DC 1828 Tetrazygiopsis Borhidi 1977 Tetrazygos Rich ex DC 1828 Tococa Aubl 1775 Trigynia Jacq Fel 1936 Truncaria DC 1828 Tschudya DC 1828 Ziegera Raf 1838 Many species are threatened by habitat destruction in their native range and some are feared to be on the brink of extinction On the other hand M calvescens is a contributing factor in the decline and maybe even extinction of other plants it has become a highly invasive weed on a number of Pacific Islands where it was introduced including Hawaii and Tahiti It is often referred to as the purple plague or the green cancer in reference to its habit of overgrowing native ecosystems and its leaves which are bright green above and bright purple below Miconia fruit are a favorite food of many birds invasive M calvescens spreads by this route The leaves of some species are eaten by caterpillars of the moth butterflies Hedylidae Species editMain article List of Miconia species nbsp Miconia albicansAs of 2023 genus Miconia comprises nearly 1 900 species 1 with new species occasionally being discovered 4 5 Among them are nbsp Miconia fallax nbsp Miconia salicifoliaMiconia abbreviata Miconia acuminata Miconia acutifolia Miconia aequatorialis Miconia albicans Miconia aligera Miconia alpina Miconia altissima Miconia argyrea Miconia ascendens Miconia asplundii Miconia aspratilis Miconia augustii Miconia ayacuchensis Miconia bailloniana Miconia barbipilis Miconia barclayana Miconia beneolens Miconia benoistii Miconia bicolor Miconia bipatrialis Miconia bolivarensis Miconia bracteolata Miconia brasiliensis Miconia brevistylis Miconia brevitheca Miconia brunnea Miconia budlejoides Miconia caelata Miconia caesariata Miconia cabucu Miconia cajanumana Miconia calignosa Miconia calophylla Miconia calvescens Miconia campii Miconia candolleana Miconia capitellata Miconia castillensis Miconia castrensis Miconia cava Miconia centrosperma Miconia ceramicarpa Miconia cercophora Miconia chamissois Miconia chartacea Miconia ciliata Miconia cinerascens Miconia cinnamomifolia Miconia collayensis Miconia conformis Miconia corazonica Miconia cosangensis Miconia crebribullata Miconia crenata Miconia cuprea Miconia cutucuensis Miconia dapsiliflora Miconia demissifolia Miconia depauperata Miconia dichroa Miconia dielsii Miconia dissimulans Miconia divaricata Miconia dodsonii Miconia doriana Miconia elegantissima Miconia espinosae Miconia explicita Miconia fallax Miconia fasciculata Miconia floccosa Miconia florbella Miconia formosa Miconia fosbergii Miconia fuliginosa Miconia gibba Miconia gigantophylla Miconia gilva Miconia glandulistyla Miconia glazioviana Miconia glyptophylla Miconia gonioclada Miconia grayana Miconia griffisii Miconia guayaquilensis Miconia hexamera Miconia hirsutivena Miconia holosericea Miconia huigrensis Miconia hylophila Miconia idiogena Miconia imitans Miconia inanis Miconia innata Miconia jorgensenii Miconia jucunda Miconia lacera Miconia lachnoclada Miconia langsdorffii Miconia latecrenata Miconia laxa Miconia leandroides Miconia ledifolia Miconia ligustroides Miconia littlei Miconia longicuspis Miconia longidentata Miconia longisetosa Miconia lugonis Miconia macbrydeana Miconia macrothyrsa Miconia mediocris Miconia medusa Miconia minutiflora Miconia molesta Miconia namandensis Miconia nasella Miconia nervosa Miconia nubicola Miconia ochroleuca Miconia octopetala Miconia oellgaardii Miconia oligantha Miconia ombrophila Miconia onaensis Miconia organensis Miconia ovalifolia Miconia pailasana Miconia paniculata Miconia papillosa Miconia pastazana Miconia paulensis Miconia pausana Miconia penduliflora Miconia penningtonii Miconia pepericarpa Miconia perelegans Miconia pernettifolia Miconia phaeochaeta Miconia pilaloensis Miconia pisinniflora Miconia poecilantha Miconia pohliana Miconia poortmannii Miconia prasina Miconia prietoi Miconia proctorii Miconia prominens Miconia protuberans Miconia pseudo eichlerii Miconia pseudopedicellata Miconia pseudorigida Miconia pusilliflora Miconia rabenii Miconia reburrosa Miconia renneri Miconia rheophytica Miconia rimbachii Miconia rivetii Miconia rubiginosa Miconia salicifolia Miconia santaritensis Miconia scabra Miconia scutata Miconia saldanhaei Miconia secunpastazana Miconia sellowiana Miconia serrulata Miconia seticaulis Miconia setulosa Miconia silicicola Miconia sintenisii Miconia sodiroi Miconia sparrei Miconia staminea Miconia stenophylla Miconia stenostachya Miconia suborbicularis Miconia subseriata Miconia subvernicosa Miconia superba Miconia tephrodes Miconia theaezans Miconia tomentosa Miconia tristis Miconia urophylla Miconia valenzuelana Miconia vesca Miconia villonacensis Miconia willdenowii Miconia zamorensisReferences edit a b c Miconia Ruiz amp Pav Plants of the World Online Retrieved 16 November 2023 Quattrocchi Umberto 2000 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names Vol III M Q A C CRC Press p 1676 ISBN 978 0 8493 2677 6 USDA NRCS n d Miconia The PLANTS Database plants usda gov Greensboro North Carolina National Plant Data Team Retrieved 9 July 2015 GOLDENBERG RENATO ALMEDA FRANK CADDAH MAYARA K MARTINS ANGELA B MEIRELLES JULIA MICHELANGELI FABIAN A WEISS MARKUS 2013 Nomenclator botanicus for the neotropical genus Miconia Melastomataceae Miconieae Phytotaxa 106 1 1 doi 10 11646 phytotaxa 106 1 1 ISSN 1179 3163 Michelangeli Fabian A Goldenberg Renato 2020 09 08 A revision of the florbella group of Miconia Melastomataceae Miconieae with description of three new species Brittonia 73 85 105 doi 10 1007 s12228 020 09633 w ISSN 1938 436X S2CID 225290096 External links edit nbsp Media related to Miconia at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miconia amp oldid 1185476838, wikipedia, 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