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Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). XI. A revision of Miconia sect. Calycopteris on Hispaniola

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A new section, Miconia sect. Calycopteris, is described and characterized. It includes 15 species previously recognized within Calycogonium, Clidemia, Henriettella, Leandra, Miconia, and Ossaea. Species descriptions, nomenclatural information, specimen citations, and eco-geographical characterization for each of the eight species occurring on Hispaniola are presented, along with an identification key. Section Calycopteris likely represents a monophyletic group within the Caribbean clade of tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae) and is restricted to Hispaniola and Cuba. The section is characterized by strongly 4-lobed ovaries and hypanthia, calyx teeth that are flattened parallel to the floral radii, and seeds with a distinctive, dark-colored and expanded raphe. The following new combinations and new names are presented: Miconia hispidula, M. calycopteris, M. tetragonoloba, M. formonensis, M. nanophylla, M. reticulato-venosa, M. vegaensis, and M. maculata.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Norris Williams, Keeper of the University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS), Kent Perkins, Collections Manager, and Gretchen Ionta for assistance in processing specimens. We also thank the curators and staff of the herbaria (A, F, FTG, GH, GOET, JBSD, JE, MICH, MO, MSC, NY, S, UCMM, and US) who generously provided specimens on loan, and William Cinea, at the American University in Les Cayes, Haiti, who curates their herbarium (here informally designated as AUC) and has received recently collected material. Milcíades Mejía, Thomas A. Zanoni, Daisy Castillo, Alain H. Liogier, Teodoro Clase, Ricardo García, Francisco Jiménez, and Brígido Peguero assisted in several visits of the first author to the herbarium (JBSD) of the Jardin Botánico Nacional, Dominican Republic. Keron C. St. E. Campbell graciously assisted in the visit of the first author to the herbarium (IJ) of the Natural History Museum of Jamaica, Institute of Jamaica. Bret Jestro assisted during the visit of the first author to the herbarium of Fairchild Tropical Garden (FTG); Anita Cholewa assisted during the visit to the University of Minnesota Herbarium (MIN); and Alan Prather assisted during the visit to the Michigan State University Herbarium (MSC). Herman Manitz assisted the second author during his visit to the herbarium of the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena (JE), a trip supported by the Botanic Garden of the Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. We are grateful for the help of Rosa Rankin, who assisted in the determination of localities of M. calycopteris in Cuba. Numerous individuals helped in field work, most notably J. Richard Abbott, Reed Beaman, Tim McDowell, and J. Dan Skean, Jr. (Dominican Republic), and William Cinea, Dan and Tia Cordier, Donald Dod, Gretchen M. Ionta, Paul Paryski, Jenness McBride, Florence Sergile, J. Dan Skean, Jr. and Charles Woods (Haiti). Finally, we thank J. Dan Skean, Jr. and an anonymous reviewer for their helpful comments. This research was supported, in part, by National Science Foundation Grant BSR-0818399.

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Judd, W.S., Bécquer, E.R. & Majure, L.C. Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). XI. A revision of Miconia sect. Calycopteris on Hispaniola. Brittonia 66, 216–249 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-014-9326-4

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