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Latin name	Miconia ligulata Almeda
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Leandra consimilis Gleason
English name	ligulate maya
French name	miconia ligulé
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Latin name	Miconia livida Triana
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) MW MC South America (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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English name	leaden maya
French name	miconia couleur de plomb
Spanish name	uvilla (Honduras)
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Latin name	Miconia lonchophylla Naudin
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Oaxaca; Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Use	fr
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English name	lanceleaf maya
French name	miconia à feuilles lancéolées
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Latin name	Miconia longifolia (Aubl.) DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[L]
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Chaenopleura longifolia (Aubl.) Griseb. Melastoma longifolium Aubl. Miconia lambertiana DC.
English name	longleaf maya; narrow leaf sirin, pigeon berries (Belize)
French name	miconia à feuilles longues
Spanish name	rifari (Peru); sirin (Belize)
Other name	kamatakamwi (palikúr, French Guiana); loto-oedoe (Suriname); mesoupou; mispel (Suriname)
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Latin name	Miconia luciana Gleason
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end St. Lucia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
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English name	St.Lucia maya
French name	miconia de Sainte-Lucie; bois cendre
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Latin name	Miconia lundelliana L.O.Williams
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Pachyanthus lundellianus (L.O.Williams) Judd & Skean
English name	Lundell maya
French name	miconia de Lundell
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Latin name	Miconia martinicensis Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Martinique)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel
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English name	Martinique maya
French name	miconia de la Martinique; crécré montagne (Martinique)
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Latin name	Miconia matthaei Naudin
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Tabasco to Panama, Cuba, Jamaica) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Miconia wilsonii Cogn.
English name	Matthei maya
French name	miconia de Matthei
Spanish name	canillito (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Miconia minutiflora (Bonpl.) DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama, Cuba) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
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Use	fw ma ti
Synonym	Cremanium trinitatis Crueg. Glossocentrum collinum Crueg. Melastoma minutiflorum Bonpl. Miconia glossocentra Naudin Miconia melanodendron Naudin Miconia trinitatis (Crueg.) Naudin
English name	minuteflower maya
French name	miconia à fleurs minuscules
Spanish name	bimichexe xoco (Bolivia); nigüito (Colombia); rifari blanco (Peru)
Other name	bojohoedoe (sranan, Suriname); kaboejakoro (arawak); koemète (carib); mispel (Suriname)
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Latin name	Miconia mirabilis (Aubl.) L.O.Williams
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel
Use	ma ti
Synonym	Chitonia fothergilla (Desr.) D.Don Diplochita florida DC. Diplochita fothergilla (Desr.) DC. Fothergilla guianensis Aubl. Fothergilla mirabilis Aubl. Melastoma fothergilla Desr. Melastoma fothergilla var. ovalis Rich. Melastoma tamonea Sw. Miconia florida (DC.) Naudin Miconia fothergilla (Desr.) Naudin Miconia guianensis (Aubl.) Cogn. Miconia guianensis var. ovalis (Rich.) Cogn. Miconia punctata Bello Tamonea fothergilla Cook & Collins Tamonea guianensis Aubl.
English name	jointwood maya; ashes wood, candle stick, candle wood, joint wood (Lesser Antilles); sirin manzana (Belize)
French name	miconia admirable; bois cendre; bois côtelette (Guadeloupe); bois cotte (St. Lucia); bois cré-cré (Dominica); bois-côtelette, côtelette blanc; crécré (Martinique); crécré-falaise, grand crécré; macrio (Haiti)
Spanish name	camasey, camasey blanco, camasey cuatrocanales, camasey de costilla (Puerto Rico); manzano (Venezuela); maraia (Guyana); sirin mansana (Belize); tresfilos (Dominican Republic)
Other name	itaraballi (arawak); mispel (Suriname); piemplsi (carib); tinteiro (Brazil); wakaladang; waraia (arawak)
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Latin name	Miconia moensis (Britton) Alain
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Moens maya
French name	miconia de Moens
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Latin name	Miconia multispicata Naudin
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology	hyg
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English name	manyspiked maya
French name	miconia à nombreux épis
Spanish name	alacrancillo (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Miconia myriantha Benth.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	manyflower maya
French name	miconia multiflore
Spanish name	jihui joxo (Bolivia)
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Latin name	Miconia nervosa (Sm.) Triana
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Clidemia spicaeformis DC. Clidemia spicata D.Don Melastoma nervosum Sm. Miconia fockeana Miq. Miconia nervosa var. mediana J.F.Macbr. Miconia septuplinervis Pittier Miconia spondylantha DC. Tschudya spondylantha (DC.) Griseb.
English name	nerved maya
French name	miconia nervuré
Spanish name	sirin (Belize)
Other name	mispel (Suriname); waraia (Guyana)
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Latin name	Miconia nutans Donn.Sm.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Miconia flaviflora Gleason Miconia flaviflora var. emigrans Gleason
English name	drooping maya
French name	miconia pleureur
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Latin name	Miconia nystroemii Ekman & Urb.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
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English name	Nystroem maya
French name	miconia de Nystroem
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Latin name	Miconia ochroleuca Standl.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
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English name	yellowishwhite maya
French name	miconia blanc-crème
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Latin name	Miconia oinochrophylla Donn.Sm.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
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English name	ochre maya; purple maya (Belize)
French name	miconia ocre
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Latin name	Miconia oligocephala Donn.Sm.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	fewheads maya
French name	miconia pauciflore
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Other name	tzajal tzazmuttez (Mexico)
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Latin name	Miconia ottoschulzii Urb. & Ekman
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M?
Foliage	E
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Synonym	Graffenriedia ottoschulzii (Urb. & Ekman) Urb. & Ekman
English name	OttoSchulz maya
French name	miconia petites-graines; macrio, petites graines (Haiti);
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Other name	ti grenn (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Miconia pachyphylla Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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English name	thickleaf maya
French name	miconia à feuilles épaises
Spanish name	camasey racimoso (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Miconia paleacea Cogn.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Costa Rica) NC MW South America (Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Tococa grandifolia Standl.
English name	chaffy maya
French name	miconia paléacé
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Other name	chinchak (Peru); payatzi (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Miconia peltata Almeda
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	peltate maya
French name	miconia pelté
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Latin name	Miconia phaeophylla Triana
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Miconia fendleriana Cogn.
English name	darkleaf maya
French name	miconia à feuilles foncées
Spanish name	rifari blanco (Peru)
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Latin name	Miconia pinetorum Naudin
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	pinewoods maya
French name	miconia des pinèdes
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Latin name	Miconia poeppigii Triana
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fw ti (construction)
Synonym	Miconia congesta Cogn. Miconia darienensis Pittier Miconia surinamensis Gleason
English name	Poeppig maya
French name	miconia de Poeppig
Spanish name	catauba (Bolivia); desconocido (Peru); piton (Bolivia)
Other name	kawaradang; lotohoedoe (sranan, Suriname); mesoupou (sranan, Suriname); wamut'i (wayampi, French Guiana)
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Latin name	Miconia prasina (Sw.) DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	dr fr fw
Synonym	Acinodendrum prasinum Kuntze Conostegia parviflora DC. Melastoma glabra Sessé & Moç. Melastoma laevigatum Aubl. Melastoma leucantha Sessé & Moç. Melastoma parviflora Aubl. Melastoma pendulifolia Rich. Melastoma prasinum Sw. Miconia ambigua Duss. non DC. Miconia attenuata DC. Miconia attenuata var. subquintuplinervia DC. Miconia collina DC. Miconia cristulata Naudin Miconia fleischeriana Steud. Miconia macrophylla Steud. Miconia mucronulata Ule Miconia nemoralis Naudin Miconia prasina var. attenuata (DC.) Cogn. Miconia prasina var. collina (DC.) Triana Miconia pteropoda Benth. Miconia repandocrenata Steud. Miconia revoluta Benth. Miconia separia DC. Miconia trichotoma Bello non DC. Tamanoa prasina Krasser
English name	leekgreen maya; sardine (Trinidad)
French name	miconia gris; bois-côtelette, crécré, crécré-savane; macrio (Haiti)
Spanish name	camasey, camasey blanco (Puerto Rico); cenizoso (Dominican Republic); granadillo bobo (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); macho del eremul (Belize); mortiño (Colombia); mullaca colorado, mullu caspi (Peru); sirin (Belize); tuno
Other name	arateu kamwi, aratõu (palikúr, Suriname); jacatirâo (Brazil); konorrépie (Suriname); mondururu preto (Brazil); pintjo, santo, selelebélétére (Suriname); takalaw lu sili (wayampi, French Guiana); waraia (Guyana)
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Latin name	Miconia pseudorigida Proctor
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica: Portland)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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English name	falserigid maya
French name	miconia pseudorigide
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Latin name	Miconia punctata (Desr.) D.Don ex DC.
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	fw ti
Synonym	Eurychaenia punctata var. latifolia Griseb. Melastoma punctatum Desr. Miconia eurychaenioides Griseb. Miconia habrolepis Standl. Miconia lepidota var. grandifolia Cogn. Miconia punctata var. brevifolia Cogn. Miconia punctata var. latifolia (Griseb.) Cogn.
English name	punctate maya; red maya p.p. (Belize)
French name	miconia ponctué; macrio (Haiti)
Spanish name	auguey (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); auguey bobo, auquey, auquey bobo (Dominican Republic); camasey (Puerto Rico); canilla de mula (Costa Rica); caperote (Belize); cola de gavilan (Nicaragua); jau-jau, rajador (Dominican Republic); rifari colorado (Peru); sirín (Belize); tres filos, tresfilos (Dominican Republic)
Other name	caci-ah-tzir (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Miconia purpurea (D.Don) Judd & Skean
Family	Melastomataceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guadeloupe, Martinique)
North America distribution zone	SE
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Synonym	Charianthus purpureus D.Don
English name	purple maya
French name	miconia pourpre
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