Miconia mirabilis (Aubl.) L.O.Williams

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 565-566

[1075] Miconia mirabilis (Aubl.) L.O.Williams

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Fieldiana, Bot. 29 (10): 574 ( Williams 1963). — Fothergilla mirabilis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 441 [Jun.-Dec. 1775] ( Aublet 1775), “ admirabilis ” in Index, “ Mirabilia ” on plate. — Lieutautia mirabilis (Aubl.) Buc’hoz, Pl. Nouv. Découv.: 9 (Buc’hoz 1779). — Melastoma fothergilla Desr., Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 4 (1): 45 [9 Feb. 1797] (Desrousseaux 1797), nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Fothergilla mirabilis ). — Chitonia fothergilla D.Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 318 [May 1823] ( Don 1823). — Diplochita fothergilla DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 176 [mid Mar. 1828] (Candolle 1828). — Abrophaes mirabilis (Aubl.) Raf., Sylva Tellur. : 99 (Rafinesque 1838). — Miconia fothergilla Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 16: 119 (Naudin 1851). — Tamonea fothergilla O.F.Cook & G.N.Collins, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8 (2): 249 [27 June 1903] (Cook & Collins 1903).

Tamonea guianensis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 441 [Jun.-Dec. 1775] ( Aublet 1775). — Melastoma tamonea Sw., Prodr. [Swartz]: 70 [20 Jun.-29 July 1788] (Swartz 1788), nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Tamonea guianensis ). — Miconia guianensis (Aubl.) Cogn., Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 280 (Cogniaux 1886). — Acinodendron guianense (Aubl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 244 [5 Nov. 1891] (Kuntze 1891).

Melastoma compressum Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 3: 23 (Vahl 1807), “ compressa ”.

Melastoma fothergilla var. lanceolata Bonpl., Monogr. Melast. 1: 71 (Bonpland 1809), nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Fothergilla mirabilis ).

Melastoma fothergilla var. ovalis Bonpl., Monogr. Melast. 1: 71 (Bonpland 1809), nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Melastoma dodecandrum Desr. and M. compressum ). — Miconia guianensis var. ovalis Cogn., Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14 (4): 246 [1 Nov. 1887] (Cogniaux 1887).

Diplochita florida DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 176 [mid Mar. 1828] (Candolle 1828). — Miconia florida (DC.) Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 16: 244 (Naudin 1851). — Acinodendron floridum (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 951 [5 Nov. 1891] (Kuntze 1891).

Diplochita rosea Macfad., Fl. Jamaica [Macfadyen] 2: 74 (Macfadyen 1850).

Miconia guianensis var. vulgaris Cogn., Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14 (4): 246 [1 Nov. 1887] (Cogniaux 1887).

NOTES. — According to Williams (1963: 574), while his Histoire des Plantes was in press, Aublet realized that he had created two Tamonea , one in Verbenaceae ( Aublet 1775, 2: 659), the other in Melastomataceae ( Aublet 1775, 1: 441). His solution was to rename the latter Fothergilla , and he managed to have Tamonea guianensis corrected to Fothergilla mirabilis in most, but not all, copies. Goldenberg et al. (2013: 78) wrongly listed a “ F. guianensis Aubl. ” with the same reference as F. mirabilis . The specific epithet of Melastoma fothergilla Desr. refers to the genus Fothergilla , not to John Fothergill (1712-1780) to whom the genus was dedicated. Therefore it should not be written as “ fothergillii ”.

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Ka: kuyaken elepalɨ• Wp: sikɨlã.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 82 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: J.B. Aublet s.n. (original material of Fothergilla mirabilis : P[P02442466]).

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 40 trees in 12 plots; Fmax <1 %; dbhinv = 27.1 cm.

Figures

FIG. 36. — Melastomataceae:A, Bellucia arborescens (Aubl.) Baill. (D.Sabatier 1424); B, Miconia holosericea(L.) DC.(M.-F.Prévost & D. Sabatier 4928); C, Miconia minutiflora (Bonpl.) DC. (D. Sabatier et al. 4807); D, Miconia mirabilis (Aubl.) L.O.Williams (D. Sabatier & M.-F. Prévost 3788). © D. Sabatier/IRD.