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Mecranium juddii (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), a new species from the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti

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Mecranium juddii is described and illustrated. It is known only from 1650–1700 m elevation in the Ravine du Sud on the northern slopes of Morne Formon in Macaya National Park, Haiti.Mecranium juddii is a member of theM. multiflorum complex and is phenetically most similar toM. revolutum andM. alpestre, which differ fromM. juddii in stem indumentum or leaf size and shape.

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    J. Dan Skean

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Skean, J.D. Mecranium juddii (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), a new species from the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti. Brittonia 52, 191–195 (2000). https://doi.org/10.2307/2666511

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