Miconia albicans (Sw.) Steud. is a plant in the Melastomataceae family, order Myrtales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Miconia albicans (Sw.) Steud. (Miconia albicans (Sw.) Steud.)
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Miconia albicans (Sw.) Steud.

Miconia albicans (Sw.) Steud.

Miconia albicans is a native North and South American shrub in the Melastomataceae family, known as canela-de-velho in Brazilian Portuguese.

Genus
Miconia
Order
Myrtales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Miconia albicans (Sw.) Steud.

Miconia albicans (Sw.) Steud. is a shrub species that belongs to the family Melastomataceae. In Brazilian Portuguese, this species is called canela-de-velho. It is native to regions of North America and South America.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Myrtales Melastomataceae Miconia

More from Melastomataceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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