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Miconia walterjuddii, a new species of Melastomataceae from the mountains in northeast Cuba, is described. This species can be easily assigned to Miconia section Chaenopleura due to its short anthers that open by two longitudinal slits. Sequence data from nrITS confirm this placement. This new species is characterized by its inconspicuous lepidote indumentum of minute adpressed scales ca. 0.05 mm long; small flowers in dichasia, forming a compact, many-flowered, rounded to subcorymbose cymes, with purple to fuchsia colored petals.
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Se describe Miconia walterjuddii, una especie nueva de las montañas del Noreste de Cuba. Esta especie puede ser fácilmente ubicada en Miconia sección Chaenopleura dada la presencia de anteras cortas que abren por dos hendiduras longitudinales. Las secuencias de ADN de nrITS confirman su posición. Esta nueva especie se caracteriza por su indumento de escamas adpresas de ca. 0.05 mm de largo, flores pequeñas con pétalos púrpura a fucsia, en dicasios formando cimas compactas multifloras, redondeadas a subcorimbosas.
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EBG would like to thank The New York Botanical Garden for its support during his stay at this institution in 2009, also to the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem especially to Dr. Thomas Borsch for their support during his stay at this institution in 2010. We thank MSc. Wilder Carmenate, Juan Carlos Veloso and the workers of National Park “Alejandro de Humboldt” sector Baracoa for their support during the expedition to Sierra de La Iberia in 2009. Also we are indebted to J. Dan Skean Jr. and Jesus R. de Santiago for their comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. The line drawing was made by Marcelo Reginato. Portions of this research were supported by grant DEB-818399 of the National Science Foundation to FAM.
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Bécquer Granados, E.R., Michelangeli, F.A. Miconia walterjuddii (Miconieae: Melastomataceae), a new species from Cuba. Brittonia 63, 425–429 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-011-9204-2
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