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Miconia kappleri Naudin

  • 1. AMAP, IRD, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, Boulevard de la Lironde, TA A- 51 / PS 2, F- 34398 Montpellier cedex 5 (France) & AMAP, IRD, Herbier de Guyane, B. P. 90165, 97323 Cayenne (French Guiana)
  • 2. IRD, OHM Oyapock, F- 97300 Cayenne (French Guiana) AMAP, IRD, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, Boulevard de la Lironde, TA A- 51 / PS 2, F- 34398 Montpellier cedex 5 (France) and AMAP, IRD, Herbier de Guyane, B. P. 90165, 97323 Cayenne (French Guiana)
  • 3. Patrimoines locaux, Environnement et Globalisation (PALOC), MNHN, IRD, B. P. 90165, F- 97323 Cayenne (French Guiana) Université de Guyane, IFREMER, B. P. 70620, F- 97334 Cayenne (French Guiana)
  • 4. LEEISA, CNRS, Université de Guyane, IFREMER, B. P. 70620, F- 97334 Cayenne (French Guiana)
  • 5. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey (United Kingdom)
  • 6. AMAP, IRD, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, Boulevard de la Lironde, TA A- 51 / PS 2, F- 34398 Montpellier cedex 5 (France)

Description

[1068] Miconia kappleri Naudin

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 16: 162 (Naudin 1851), “ Kapplerii ”. — Acinodendron kappleri (Naudin) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 951 [5 Nov. 1891] (Kuntze 1891), “ Acinodendrum ”.

NOTE. — Auguste Kappler is known as a collector of plants from Suriname, not from French Guiana. Yet, as the original label of the type indicates (“ Ad fl. Carouany ”), he collected it near the Acarouany, a small French Guianan river located a few kilometers from the border with Suriname.

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Wp: amutu’ɨ, mutu’ɨ, wamutu’ɨ.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 14 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: A. Kappler 1675 (holo-, P[P02442360]; iso-, GOET[GOET008001], P[P02442361, P02442362]).

SIZE. — Up to 10 m tall (Wurdack et al. 1993).

Notes

Published as part of Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, pp. 345-903 in Adansonia (3) (3) 44 (26) on page 564, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a26, http://zenodo.org/record/7458777

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Myrtales
Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Miconia
Species
kappleri
Taxon rank
species

References

  • WURDACK J. J., MORLEY T. & RENNER S. S. 1993. - Melastomataceae. Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, 425 p. (Flora of the Guianas. Series A, Phanerogams; Fascicle 13).