Microlicia

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Microlicia
Microlicia hatschbachii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Subfamily: Melastomatoideae
Tribe: Microlicieae
Genus: Microlicia
D.Don[1]
Species

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Microlicia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to northern South America, particularly Brazil. They tend to be subshrubs.[2]

Species

Currently accepted species include:

Microlicia euphorbioides flower

References

  1. ^ Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 283, 301 (1823)
  2. ^ Don, George (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. Vol. 2. United Kingdom: Rivington. p. 743.