Miconia calvescens (Cultivated)

Miconia calvescens DC., Prodr. 3: 185 1828. (syn: Acinodendron arboreum (Vell.) Kuntze; Cyanophyllum magnificum Groenl.; Melastoma arboreum Vell.; Melastoma calvescens Schrank & C.Martius ex DC.; Melastoma mandiocanum Raddi; Miconia arborea Pav. ex Triana; Miconia magnifica (Groenl.) Triana; Miconia magnifica var. velutina Rodigas; Miconia velutina L.Linden & Rodigas);

Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Belize, Peru, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia (Amazonas, Caquet, Choc, Guaviare, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Risaralda), Ecuador, N-Brazil (Para, Amazonas, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), S-Brazil (Santa Catarina), Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Argentina (Misiones, Salta), Paraguay (Amambay, Concepcion, Cordillera, Paraguari), Panama, Hispaniola (I), Jamaica (I), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I), Moorea (I)), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I) (Manoa (I), Kalihi (I), Nu`uanu Valleys (I)), East Maui (I) (windward (I)), Hawaii Isl. (I) (windward (I), North & South Kona districts) (I)), Sri Lanka (I) as per Catalogue of Life;
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S. Mexico to S. Tropical America: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru; Introduced into: Hawaii, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marquesas, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Windward Is. as per POWO;