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Velvet Tree

Miconia calvescens DC.

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Miconia calvescens DC.
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Acinodendron arboreum
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Melastoma calvescens
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Miconia calvescens
Recognized by Tree carbon estimates
Miconia calvescens Candolle 1828
Species recognized by TreatmentBank
Miconia calvescens DC.
Miconia magnifica
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Acinodendron arboreum (Vell.) Kuntze
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Cyanophyllum magnificum Groenl.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Melastoma calvescens Schrank & C. Martius ex DC.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Melastoma mandiocanum Raddi
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Miconia arborea Pav. ex Triana
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Miconia magnifica (Groenl.) Triana
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Miconia magnifica var. velutina Rodigas
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Acinodendron arboreum (Vell.) Kuntze
Cyanophyllum magnificum Groenl.
Melastoma calvescens Schrank & C. Martius ex DC.
Melastoma mandiocanum Raddi
Miconia arborea Pav. ex Triana
Miconia magnifica (Groenl.) Triana
Miconia magnifica var. velutina Rodigas
Acinodendron arboreum (Vell.) Kuntze
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Cyanophyllum magnificum Groenland
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Cyanophyllum magnificum var. triangulare Veitch ex J. Dix
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Cyanophyllum marmoreum Linden ex Ender
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Cyanophyllum speciosum W. Bull ex J. Dix
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Cyanophyllum spectandum Linden
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Melastoma arboreum Vell.
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Melastoma calvescens Schrank & Mart. ex DC.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Melastoma mandioccanum Raddi
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Miconia arborea (Vell.) Pav. ex Triana
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Miconia magnifica (T. Moore) Triana
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Miconia magnifica var. velutina Rodigas
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Miconia velutina L. Linden & Rodigas
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Devil's-Scourge
velvet tree preferred
Purple plague
Recognized by Simpson et al 2020

Chinese

米氏野牡丹 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

オオバノボタン preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

ميكونيا كالفيسينس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Miconia calvescens DC.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superrosids
Rosids
Myrtales
Melastomataceae
Miconia
1111 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Melastomataceae Juss.
Melastomatoideae Ser. ex DC.
Miconia Ruiz & Pav.
1805 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superrosids
Rosids
Myrtales
Melastomataceae
Miconia
1111 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Melastomataceae
Miconia Ruiz & Pav.
1164 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

IUCN

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Melastomataceae
1021 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
eudicotyledons
Gunneridae
Pentapetalae
rosids
malvids
Myrtales
Melastomataceae
Melastomatoideae
Miconieae
Miconia
Miconia calvescens (this page)
527 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliidae
Rosanae
Myrtales
Melastomataceae
Melastoma
Melastoma calvescens (this page)
435 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliidae
Rosanae
Myrtales
Melastomataceae
Acinodendron
Acinodendron arboreum (this page)
427 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliidae
Rosanae
Myrtales
Melastomataceae
Miconia
Miconia calvescens (this page)
2108 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliidae
Rosanae
Myrtales
Melastomataceae
Miconia
Miconia magnifica (this page)
2108 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.