Microlicia Explained
Microlicia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to northern South America, particularly Brazil. They tend to be subshrubs.[1]
Microlicia was first described by David Don in 1823. In 2021 Versiane et al. discovered that Microlicia was paraphyletic, and expended it to include the related genera Chaetostoma, Lavoisiera, Stenodon, and Trembleya.[2] The newly circumscribed genus, with 276 species, is one of the largest in family Melastomataeae.[2] The genus name Trembleya was in honour of Abraham Trembley (1710–1784) a Genevan naturalist, Jean Trembley (1704–1785), a Swiss mathematician, and also Jacques-André Trembley (1714–1763), a Swiss botanist.[3]
Species
Currently accepted species include:
- Microlicia abairana
- Microlicia acerosa
- Microlicia acuminata
- Microlicia acuminifolia
- Microlicia adamantium
- Microlicia agrestis Cogn.
- Microlicia alba
- Microlicia albiflora
- Microlicia altoparaisensis
- Microlicia amblysepala Ule
- Microlicia amplexicaulis Cogn.
- Microlicia angustifolia
- Microlicia arachnoidea
- Microlicia arenariifolia DC.
- Microlicia armata
- Microlicia ascendens
- Microlicia attenuata
- Microlicia aurea Wurdack
- Microlicia aureoglandulosa
- Microlicia australis
- Microlicia avicularis Mart. ex Naudin
- Microlicia baccharoides Mart. ex Naudin
- Microlicia bahiensis Markgr.
- Microlicia balsamifera Mart.
- Microlicia barbata
- Microlicia barretoana
- Microlicia baumgratziana A.B.Martins & Koschn.
- Microlicia belinelloi
- Microlicia benthamiana Triana
- Microlicia bicolor
- Microlicia blanchetiana Cogn.
- Microlicia caatingae
- Microlicia calycina
- Microlicia canastrensis Naudin
- Microlicia candolleana R.Romero & Versiane
- Microlicia caparaoensis
- Microlicia capitata
- Microlicia capixaba
- Microlicia caryophyllea
- Microlicia cataphracta
- Microlicia catolensis Woodgyer & Zappi
- Microlicia cerifera (Gardner) A.B.Martins & Almeda
- Microlicia chamissoana
- Microlicia chrysantha Wurdack
- Microlicia chrysoglandulosa
- Microlicia ciliatoglandulosa R.Romero
- Microlicia cipoana Hoehne
- Microlicia clavillosa
- Microlicia cogniauxiana R.Romero
- Microlicia colombiana
- Microlicia comparilis Wurdack
- Microlicia confertiflora Naudin
- Microlicia congestiflora
- Microlicia contasensis Woodgyer & Zappi
- Microlicia cordata Cham.
- Microlicia cordifolia
- Microlicia coriacea
- Microlicia coronata
- Microlicia crassa R.Romero
- Microlicia crassifolia
- Microlicia crebropunctata Pilg.
- Microlicia crenulata Mart.
- Microlicia crispa
- Microlicia cryptandra Naudin
- Microlicia cupressina
- Microlicia curralensis Brade
- Microlicia curtiana
- Microlicia curticalycina
- Microlicia cuspidifolia Mart. ex Naudin
- Microlicia damazioi Brade
- Microlicia daneui
- Microlicia daviesiana
- Microlicia decumbens
- Microlicia deflexa
- Microlicia denudata Cogn.
- Microlicia donii
- Microlicia doryphylla Naudin
- Microlicia edmundoi Brade
- Microlicia elegans Naudin
- Microlicia ericoides
- Microlicia euphorbioides Mart.
- Microlicia fasciculata Mart.
- Microlicia fastigiata
- Microlicia firmula
- Microlicia flava R.Romero
- Microlicia flaviflora
- Microlicia flavipetala
- Microlicia flavovirens Woodgyer & Zappi
- Microlicia formosa Cham.
- Microlicia frankii
- Microlicia furnensis R.Romero
- Microlicia ganevii
- Microlicia gentianoides
- Microlicia gertii
- Microlicia giuliettiana A.B.Martins & Almeda
- Microlicia glandulifera Cogn.
- Microlicia glazioviana Cogn.
- Microlicia glaziovii
- Microlicia goldenbergii
- Microlicia gracilis
- Microlicia graveolens DC.
- Microlicia guanayana Wurdack
- Microlicia harleyi Wurdack
- Microlicia hatschbachii Wurdack
- Microlicia helvola Triana
- Microlicia hexapetala
- Microlicia hilairei
- Microlicia hirsutissima Naudin
- Microlicia hirta
- Microlicia hirticalyx R.Romero & Woodgyer
- Microlicia humilis Naudin
- Microlicia inermis
- Microlicia inquinans Naudin
- Microlicia insignis Cham.
- Microlicia intercalycina
- Microlicia inversa
- Microlicia isophylla DC.
- Microlicia isostemon Wurdack
- Microlicia itambana
- Microlicia joaosemiriana
- Microlicia johnwurdackiana
- Microlicia jolyana
- Microlicia jungermannioides DC.
- Microlicia juniperina A.St.-Hil.
- Microlicia karinae
- Microlicia laniflora
- Microlicia latifolia
- Microlicia leucopetala Wurdack
- Microlicia linifolia Cham.
- Microlicia longicalycina R.Romero
- Microlicia longifolia
- Microlicia longiglandulosa
- Microlicia longipedicellata Almeda & A.B.Martins
- Microlicia longirostrata
- Microlicia longisepala Wurdack
- Microlicia luetzelburgii Markgr.
- Microlicia lutea Markgr.
- Microlicia macaubensis
- Microlicia macedoi L.B.Sm. & Wurdack
- Microlicia macrantha
- Microlicia macrocarpa
- Microlicia macropetala
- Microlicia macrophylla Naudin
- Microlicia maculata R.Romero
- Microlicia martiana O.Berg ex Triana
- Microlicia matogrossensis
- Microlicia maximowicziana
- Microlicia melanostagma Pilg.
- Microlicia mello-barretoi
- Microlicia mendoncaei Cogn.
- Microlicia microphylla Cogn.
- Microlicia minensis
- Microlicia minima Markgr.
- Microlicia minor
- Microlicia misteriosa
- Microlicia monticola Wurdack
- Microlicia morii Wurdack
- Microlicia morrensis
- Microlicia mucorifera
- Microlicia mucugensis (Wurdack) Almeda & A.B.Martins
- Microlicia multicaulis Mart.
- Microlicia mutabilis
- Microlicia myrtoidea Cham.
- Microlicia naudiniana R.Romero
- Microlicia neglecta Cogn.
- Microlicia neogracilis
- Microlicia neopyrenaica
- Microlicia nervosa R.Romero
- Microlicia nervulosa
- Microlicia noblickii (Wurdack) A.B.Martins & Almeda
- Microlicia nodotricha
- Microlicia nortecipoana
- Microlicia obovatifolia
- Microlicia obtusifolia Cogn. ex R.Romero
- Microlicia occidentalis Naudin
- Microlicia oligochaeta Wurdack
- Microlicia ordinata (Wurdack) Almeda & A.B.Martins
- Microlicia pabstii Brade
- Microlicia pacificoi
- Microlicia parviflora
- Microlicia parvula (Markgr.) Koschn. & A.B.Martins
- Microlicia pataroi
- Microlicia pentagona
- Microlicia petasensis Wurdack
- Microlicia petiolulata Cogn. ex R.Romero & Woodgyer
- Microlicia phlogiformis
- Microlicia piatensis
- Microlicia piauiensis
- Microlicia pilosa
- Microlicia pilosissima Cogn.
- Microlicia pinheiroi Wurdack
- Microlicia piranii
- Microlicia pithyoides
- Microlicia plinervia
- Microlicia plumosa Woodgyer & Zappi
- Microlicia pohliana
- Microlicia polychaeta
- Microlicia polystemma Naudin
- Microlicia pradosiana
- Microlicia prostrata
- Microlicia psammophila Wurdack
- Microlicia pseudoscoparia Cogn.
- Microlicia pulcherrima
- Microlicia pulchra
- Microlicia punctata
- Microlicia purpurata
- Microlicia pusillifolia
- Microlicia quinquenervis
- Microlicia ramosa Pilg.
- Microlicia raymondii
- Microlicia regeliana Cogn.
- Microlicia repanda
- Microlicia restingae
- Microlicia riedeliana Cogn.
- Microlicia rigida
- Microlicia rosmarinoides
- Microlicia rotundifolia Ule
- Microlicia rubra
- Microlicia rugosa
- Microlicia rundeliana
- Microlicia sampaioana
- Microlicia scaberula
- Microlicia schwackeana
- Microlicia sciophylla
- Microlicia scoparia DC.
- Microlicia selaginea
- Microlicia senae
- Microlicia serpyllifolia
- Microlicia serratifolia
- Microlicia serrulata Cham.
- Microlicia setifolia
- Microlicia setosa DC.
- Microlicia sickii Brade
- Microlicia sincorensis Mart.
- Microlicia sparsifolia
- Microlicia speciosa
- Microlicia sphagnicola Gleason
- Microlicia stenocladon
- Microlicia stenodonoides
- Microlicia subaequalis Wurdack
- Microlicia subalata Wurdack
- Microlicia suberosa
- Microlicia sublaevis Cogn.
- Microlicia suborbicularifolia Hoehne
- Microlicia subsetosa DC.
- Microlicia subulata
- Microlicia sulfurea Hoehne
- Microlicia taxifolia Naudin
- Microlicia tenuifolia R.Romero
- Microlicia ternata Cogn.
- Microlicia tetragona
- Microlicia tetramera
- Microlicia thomazii
- Microlicia tomentella Naudin
- Microlicia torrandii Brade
- Microlicia trembleyaeformis Naudin
- Microlicia trianae
- Microlicia trichocalycina DC.
- Microlicia tridentata
- Microlicia urceolata
- Microlicia variolosa
- Microlicia veadeirana
- Microlicia vernicosa (Pedersoli) A.B.Martins & Almeda
- Microlicia versianeae
- Microlicia vestita DC.
- Microlicia viminalis Triana
- Microlicia viscida
- Microlicia viscosa Cogn.
- Microlicia warmingiana Cogn.
- Microlicia weddellii Naudin
- Microlicia windischii
- Microlicia woodgyeriana
- Microlicia woodii
- Microlicia wurdackiana Almeda & A.B.Martins
- Microlicia xylopodifera
Notes and References
- Book: Don, George . George Don . 1832 . A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a Complete Enumeration and Description of All Plants Hitherto Known with Their Generic and Specific Characters, Places of Growth, Time of Flowering, Mode of Culture and Their Uses in Medicine and Domestic Economy: Preceded by Introductions to the Linnaean and Natural Systems and a Glossary of the Terms Used; Founded Upon Miller's Gardener's Dictionary and Arranged According to the Natural System; in Four Volumes . 2 . United Kingdom . Rivington . 743 .
- Versiane AFA, Romero R, Reginato M, Welker CAD, Michelangeli FA, Goldenberg R (2021) Phylogenetic analysis of Microlicieae (Melastomataceae), with emphasis on the re-circumscription of the large genus Microlicia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 197(1): 35–60. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boab011
- Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.
