An investigation of Miconia tetrandra (Melastomataceae: Miconieae): Phylogenetic placement and taxonomy
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https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i1.1220Abstract
Miconia tetrandra, a morphologically distinctive species restricted to the Caribbean region, is provided with an updated assessment of its phylogenetic position and taxonomy. A detailed description and nomenclatural treatment are provided, along with a consideration of phenology, distribution and habitat, and citation of specimens examined. The species is a member of the Caribbean clade, and it is unusual within Miconia in having flowers with only four stamens (alternating with the petals), with short, obovate, yellow anthers that each open by two large pores. Miconia tetrandra is morphologically quite divergent from, but is likely related to, a clade comprised by M. angustifolia, M. urbanii, and M. biflora, and these three species traditionally have been included within the genus Tetrazygia. In contrast, M. tetrandra usually has been placed within Miconia.
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DON, G. 1830. Melastomataceae. In: J. C. Loudon, ed., Hortus Britannicus. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, London, U.K. P. 174.
GAVRUTENKO, M., M. REGINATO, R. KRIEBEL, A.N. NICOLAS, & F. MICHELANGELI. 2020. Evolution of floral morphology and symmetry in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae): Multiple generalization trends within a specialized family. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 181:732–747. doi:10.1086/708906.
GOLDENBERG, R.D., D.S. PENNEYS, F. ALMEDA, W.S. JUDD, & F.A. MICHELANGELI. 2008. Phylogeny of Miconia (Melastomataceae): Patterns of stamen diversification in a megadiverse Neotropical genus. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 169:963–979. doi:10.1086/589697.
GOLDENBERG, R.D., M.K. CADDAH, A.B. MARTIUS, J. MERELLES, F.A. MICHELANGELI, & M. WEISS. 2013. Nomenclature botanicus for the Neotropical genus Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae). Phytotaxa 106:1–171. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.106.1.1.
HOWARD, R.A. & E.A. KELLOGG. 1986. Nomenclatural notes on Miconia (Melastomataceae). J. Arnold Arbor. 67:233–255.
IONTA, G.M., W.S. JUDD, J.D. SKEAN, JR., & C.K. MCMULLEN. 2012. Two new species of Miconia sect. Sagraea (Melastomataceae) from the Macaya Biosphere Reserve, Haiti, and twelve relevant new species combinations. Brittonia 64:61–72.
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JUDD, W.S. & J.D. SKEAN, JR. 1991. Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). IV. Generic realignments among terminal-flowered taxa. Bull. Florida Mus. Nat. Hist. 36(2):25–84.
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JUDD, W.S., E.R. BÉCQUER, J.D. SKEAN, JR., & L.C. MAJURE. 2014b. Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). XII. Revision of Miconia sect. Miconiastrum, with emphasis on the Miconia bicolor complex. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 8:457–491.
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JUDD, W.S., E.R. BÉCQUER, & L.C. MAJURE. 2017. First collection of Miconia turquinensis (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) with flowers, and comparison with M. remotiflora, a putative close relative. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 11:161–67.
JUDD, W.S., E.R. BÉCQUER, & L.C. MAJURE. Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). XV. Revision of Miconia sect. Echinatae. Rhodora. Accepted for publication.
KRIEBEL, R. 2016. A monograph of Conostegia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae). PhytoKeys 67:1–326. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.67.6703.
LITTLE, E.L., JR., R.O. WOODBURY, & F.H. WADSWORTH. 1974. Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Vol. 2. Agricultural Handbook No. 449. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
MAJURE, L.C., W.S. JUDD, G.M. IONTA, J.D. SKEAN, JR., E.R. BÉCQUER, J. BURKE, D.S. PENNEYS, G. OCAMPO, M. ALVEAR, M. GOLDENBERG, R. ALMEDA, & F. MICHELANGELI. 2013. Evaluating morphological evolution in tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae): Homoplasy is the rule not the exception. Botany 2013. Abstract ID 300.
MAJURE, L.C., W.S. JUDD, G.M. IONTA, J.D. SKEAN, JR., K.M. NEUBIG, & E.R. BÉCQUER. 2014. Miconia cineana, a new species from the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti, based on morphological and molecular evidence. Syst. Bot. 39:906–914. doi:10.1600/036364414X682247.
MAJURE, L.C., W.S. JUDD, & F.A. MICHELANGELI. 2014/15. Taxonomic revision of the Greater Antillean Pseudolima clade of Miconia (Miconia sect. Krugiophytum: Miconieae: Melastomataceae). Brittonia 67:11–18. doi:10.1007/s12228-014-9349-x.
MAJURE, L.C., K.N. NEUBIG, J.D. SKEAN, JR., E.R. BÉCQUER, & W.S. JUDD. 2015. Evolution of the sandpaper clade (Miconieae, Melastomataceae). Int. J. Pl. Sci. 176:607–626. doi:10.1086/682148.
MAJURE, L.C., E.R. BÉCQUER, & W.S. JUDD. 2016. Revision of the Lima clade (Miconia sect. Lima, Miconieae, Melastomataceae) of the Greater Antilles. PhytoKeys 72:1–99. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.72.9355.
MAJURE, L.C., E.R. BÉCQUER, & W.S. JUDD. 2018. Miconia clasei, a new species of Miconia sect. Calycodomatia (Miconieae: Melastomataceae) from the Sierra de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic, and a closer look at species relationships in the sandpaper clade. Syst. Bot. 43:430–438. doi:10.1600/036364418X697184.
MICHELANGELI, F.A., W.S. JUDD, D.S. PENNEYS, J.D. SKEAN, JR., E.R. BÉCQUER, R. GOLDENBERG, & C.V. MARTIN. 2008. Multiple events of dispersal and radiation of the tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae) in the Caribbean. Bot. Rev. 74:53–77.
MICHELANGELI, F.A., R. GOLDENBERG, F. ALMEDA, W.S. JUDD, E.R. BÉCQUER, G. OCAMPO, G.M. IONTA, J.D. SKEAN, JR., L.C. MAJURE, & D.S. PENNEYS. 2018/19. Nomenclatural novelties in Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae). Brittonia 71:82–121. doi:10.1007/s12228-018-9546-0.
PENNEYS, D.S. & W.S. JUDD. 2003. The resurrection and lectotypification of Tetrazygia fadyenii (Melastomataceae: Miconieae): A hummingbird-pollinated treelet endemic to Jamaica. Sida 20:877–884.
PENNEYS, D.S. & W.S. JUDD. 2005. A systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Charianthus (Melastomataceae) using morphology and molecular characters. Syst. Bot. 30:559–584.
TRIANA, J.J. 1872. Les Mélastomacées. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28:1–188.
TURLAND, N.J., J. H. WIERSEMA, & 14 OTHERS. 2018. International code of nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code). Koeltz Botanical Books, Germany. Regnum Veg. 159:i–xxxvii, 1–254.
WURDACK, J.J. 1986. Atlas of hairs for Neotropical Melastomataceae. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 63:1–80.
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Judd, W. S., & Majure, L. C. (2022). An investigation of Miconia tetrandra (Melastomataceae: Miconieae): Phylogenetic placement and taxonomy. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 16(1), 53–61. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i1.1220
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