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Internal ID UUID64404844a97dd622880084
Scientific name Miconia albicans
Authority (Sw.) Steud.
First published in Nomencl. Bot. 2: 139 (1841)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Tamonea albicans Krasser Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 3, Abt. 7: 142, 188. 1893
Melastoma detergibile Schrank & Mart. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 181 (1828)
Melastoma nitidum Pav. ex Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 116 (1871 publ. 1872)
Miconia detergibilis DC. Prodr. 3: 181 (1828)
Miconia renggeri Steud. Flora 27(2): 723 (1844)
Melastoma albicans Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 70 (1788)
Miconia montana Crueg. ex Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 116 (1871 publ. 1872)
Miconia heterochroa Miq. Linnaea 18: 621 (1845)
Acinodendron albicans Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 950 (1891)
Miconia holosericea var. acuminata Ser. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 182 (1828)
Miconia holosericea var. montana Crueg. Linnaea 20: 110 (1847)
Miconia holosericea var. oblongata Ser. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 182 (1828)
Miconia holosericea var. obtusiuscula DC. Prodr. 3: 182 (1828)
Miconia rufescens Macfad. ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 256 (1860)
Melastoma velutinum Willd. ex Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 116 (1871 publ. 1872)
Melastoma holosericeum Vahl Eclog. Amer. 1: 42 (1797)

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Jamaica
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001078809
Tropicos 20300135
INPN 734148
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1125568-2
The Plant List tro-20300135
Open Tree Of Life 966784
NCBI Taxonomy 427218
IUCN Red List 144278694
IPNI 1125568-2
iNaturalist 285566
GBIF 3860779
EPPO MICAL
EOL 5430882
USDA GRIN 438454
Wikipedia Miconia_albicans

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Antiviral and Virucidal Activities of Uncaria tomentosa (Cat’s Claw) against the Chikungunya Virus de Lima RC, Valente LM, Familiar Macedo D, de-Oliveira-Pinto LM, dos Santos FB, Mazzei JL, Siani AC, Nunes PC, de Azeredo EL Viruses 27-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10974475
doi:10.3390/v16030369
PMID:38543735
Is apomixis occurring in walnut (Juglans regia L.)? New data from progeny molecular tests and cytological investigations shed light on its reproductive system Solhjoo S, Fatahi R, Zamani Z, Chehregani Rad A, Palumbo F, Barcaccia G Front Plant Sci 01-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10792767
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1270381
PMID:38235200
Context-Dependent Ant-Pollinator Mutualism Impacts Fruit Set in a Hummingbird-Pollinated Plant Cardoso PB, Calixto ES, Torezan-Silingardi HM, Del-Claro K Plants (Basel) 26-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10650328
doi:10.3390/plants12213688
PMID:37960045
Patterns of use of wild food plants by Brazilian local communities: systematic review and meta-analysis Gomes LC, Medeiros PM, Prata AP J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10601232
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00619-y
PMID:37880767
Medicinal plant Miconia albicans synergizes with ampicillin and ciprofloxacin against multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Staphylococcus aureus de Jesus GS, Silva Trentin D, Barros TF, Ferreira AM, de Barros BC, de Oliveira Figueiredo P, Garcez FR, dos Santos ÉL, Micheletti AC, Yoshida NC BMC Complement Med Ther 23-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10594757
doi:10.1186/s12906-023-04147-w
PMID:37872494
Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Meriania hexamera Sprague by Targeting Syk Kinase in NF-κB Signaling Kwon KW, Jang WY, Kim JW, Noh JK, Yi DK, Cho JY Plants (Basel) 24-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10490091
doi:10.3390/plants12173044
PMID:37687291
Carbon Storage in Different Compartments in Eucalyptus Stands and Native Cerrado Vegetation Ribeiro FP, Gatto A, de Oliveira AD, Pulrolnik K, Valadão MB, Araújo JB, de Carvalho AM, Ferreira EA Plants (Basel) 24-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10386474
doi:10.3390/plants12142751
PMID:37514365
Why woody plant modularity through time and space must be integrated in fire research? Chiminazzo MA, Charles-Dominique T, Rossatto DR, Bombo AB, Fidelis A AoB Plants 23-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10243913
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plad029
PMID:37288427
Kaempferol Suppresses Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Liver Damage in Rats via the MAPKs/NF-κB and AMPK/Nrf2 Signaling Pathways Lee C, Yoon S, Moon JO Int J Mol Sci 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10138912
doi:10.3390/ijms24086900
PMID:37108064
Health functions and related molecular mechanisms of Miconia genus: A systematic review Gandhi SR, Gandhi GR, Antony PJ, Hillary VE, Ceasar SA, Hariharan G, Liu Y, Gurgel RQ, Quintans JD, Quintans-Júnior LJ Heliyon 16-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10036935
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14609
PMID:36967930
Bio-Prospecting of Crude Leaf Extracts from Thirteen Plants of Brazilian Cerrado Biome on Human Glioma Cell Lines Silva VA, Rosa MN, Gomes IN, Vital PD, Alves AL, Evangelista AF, Longato GB, Carloni AC, Oliveira BG, Pinto FE, Romão W, Rezende AR, Araújo AA, Oliveira LS, Souza AA, Oliveira SC, Ribeiro RI, Reis RM Molecules 01-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9921846
doi:10.3390/molecules28031394
PMID:36771057
Edible Plant Extracts against Aedes aegypti and Validation of a Piper nigrum L. Ethanolic Extract as a Natural Insecticide Morais LS, Sousa JP, Aguiar CM, Gomes CM, Demarque DP, Albernaz LC, Espindola LS Molecules 28-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9921162
doi:10.3390/molecules28031264
PMID:36770931
Isolation and identification of endophytic actinobacteria from Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad and their antibacterial properties Ali AR, Bahrami Y, Kakaei E, Mohammadzadeh S, Bouk S, Jalilian N Microb Cell Fact 10-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9548430
doi:10.1186/s12934-022-01936-9
PMID:36217205
Phytochemical Evaluation and Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Miconia albicans (Sw.) Triana Extracts Manzano MI, Centa A, Veiga AD, da Costa NS, Bonatto SJ, de Souza LM, Smiderle FR Molecules 13-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9500825
doi:10.3390/molecules27185954
PMID:36144693
Functional trade-offs in volume allocation to xylem cell types in 75 species from the Brazilian savanna Cerrado Dória LC, Sonsin-Oliveira J, Rossi S, Marcati CR Ann Bot 22-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9486921
doi:10.1093/aob/mcac095
PMID:35863898

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