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]

Miconia albicans
Leaves and inflorescences.
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

References

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  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.