Miconia crenata

TaxID: 2806839

Basic Information

Miconia crenata

Soapbush

Miconia crenata, commonly called Koster's curse, is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is a perennial shrub native to Central and South America, including the Caribbean, and it has been introduced to tropical parts of the Indian Ocean, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Ocean. It is regarded as an invasive species in many of these regions.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Myrtales

Melastomataceae

Miconia

crenata

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Photos (5 photos)

Miconia crenata
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(c) Giovanna Roque de Castro@BY-SA
Miconia crenata
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(c) nanaz_@BY-NC
Miconia crenata
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(c) André Menegotto@BY-NC
Miconia crenata
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(c) Reinaldo Aguilar@BY-NC-SA
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(c) unknown@CC0

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
French Polynesia Absent —

Distribution (60 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Argentina Present —
American Samoa Present —
Australia Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Barbados Present —
Brunei Darussalam Present —
Colombia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature