Species notes
About Clidemia hirta
Clidemia hirta is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Miconia crenata (also recorded as Koster's curse), an accepted species in the family Melastomataceae, within the order Myrtales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South, and Brazil West-Central. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.
- Common name
- Koster's curse
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Order
- Myrtales
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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