Miconia walterjuddii (Miconieae: Melastomataceae), a new species from Cuba

• Published in: Brittonia Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 425 - 429
• Main Authors: Granados, Eldis R. Bécquer, Michelangeli, Fabián A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York New York Botanical Garden and Springer 01.12.2011; Springer-Verlag
• Subjects: Anthers; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Botanical gardens; Calyx; Flowers; Inflorescences; Life Sciences; New species; Petals; Phylogenetics; Plant Anatomy/Development; Plant Ecology; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Plants; Stamens; Taxonomy; Miconieae; Melastomataceae; eastern Cuba
• ISSN: 0007-196X; 1938-436X
• DOI: 10.1007/s12228-011-9204-2

Miconia walterjuddii, a new species of Melastomataceae from the mountains in northeast Cuba, is described. This species can be easily assigned to Miconia section Chaenopleura due to its short anthers that open by two longitudinal slits. Sequence data from nrlTS confirm this placement. This new species is characterized by its inconspicuous lepidote indumentum of minute adpressed scales ca. 0.05 mm long; small flowers in dichasia, forming a compact, many-flowered, rounded to subcorymbose cymes, with purple to fuchsia colored petals. Se describe Miconia walterjuddii, una especie nueva de las montañas del Noreste de Cuba. Esta especie puede ser fácilmente ubicada en Miconia sección Chaenopleura dada la presencia de anteras cortas que abren por dos hendiduras longitudinales. Las secuencias de ADN de nrlTS confirman su posición. Esta nueva especie se caracteriza por su indumento de escamas adpresas de ca. 0.05 mm de largo, flores pequeñas con pétalos púrpura a fucsia, en dicasios formando cimas compactas multifloras, redondeads a subcorimbosas.