A new name and a new synonym in Miconia (Melastomataceae)

PhytoKeys. 2011:(3):35-7. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.3.1174. Epub 2011 May 30.

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 longicuspisHerzog (1909) is a later homonym of Miconia longicuspis Cogn. (1891) and we here propose its replacement by Miconia longicuspidata S.S. Renner & R. Goldenb.

Keywords: Bolivia; Colombia; Melastomataceae; Miconia; homonyms; synonyms; taxonomy.