Abstract
The name Miconia densiflora Cogn. (1886) is a later homonym of Miconia densiflora (Gardner) Naudin (1851), but since we propose it as a taxonomic synonym of Miconia caudata (Bonpl.) DC. (1828), we do not provide a new name. The name Miconia longicuspis Herzog (1909) is a later homonym of Miconia longicuspis Cogn. (1891) and we here propose its replacement by Miconia longicuspidata S.S. Renner & R. Goldenb.
Highlights
The site Melastomataceae.net provides a portal to open-access databases dealing with Melastomataceae, a pan-tropical family of about 3500 species
We have found no isotypes or type photos in G, JE, L, U, W, or WAG. This species most closely matches M. abbreviata Markgr., a widespread shrub that ranges from Bolivia throughout the Amazon basin to the Guianas, but differs in the much denser secondary venation
In M. abbreviata the secondaries are spaced at about 0.5–0.7 mm apart, in M. longicuspidata, only 2–3 mm apart
Summary
The site Melastomataceae.net provides a portal to open-access databases dealing with Melastomataceae, a pan-tropical family of about 3500 species. Replaced name: Miconia longicuspis Herzog, Feddes Repert. Cordillera de Santa Cruz: Cerro Amboró, Cuñucú, 600-1400 m, Oct 1907, T.Herzog 326 (holotype: Z!). Miconia longicuspis Herzog is a later homonym of Miconia longicuspis Cogn., a treelet from eastern Brazil (Goldenberg and Reginato 2006). Miconia longicuspidata is known only from the holotype at Z, a collection by Theodor Herzog (1880-1961) in the mountains of Cuñucú, Bolivia, in 1907.
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