Miconia albicans

Miconia albicans
Leaves and inflorescences.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Melastomataceae
Genus:	Miconia
Species:	M. albicans
Binomial name
Miconia albicans (Sw.) DC.

Miconia albicans is a species of shrub in the family Melastomataceae. It is known as canela-de-velho in Brazilian Portuguese. It is native to North and South America. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Miyanishi, Kiyoko; Kellman, Martin (1986). "The Role of Fire in Recruitment of Two Neotropical Savanna Shrubs, Miconia albicans and Clidemia sericea". Biotropica. 18 (3): 224–230. doi:10.2307/2388489. JSTOR   2388489.
2. GOLDENBERG, RENATO; ALMEDA, FRANK; CADDAH, MAYARA K.; MARTINS, ANGELA B.; MEIRELLES, JULIA; MICHELANGELI, FABIAN A.; WEISS, MARKUS (2013). "Nomenclator botanicus for the neotropical genus Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae)". Phytotaxa. 106 (1): 1. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.106.1.1 . ISSN   1179-3163.