The florbella group of Miconia is composed of four species from the central Andes that are characterized by hollow stems inhabited by ants, and pleiostemonous flowers with a calyptrate calyx. The four species are M. inusitata, and the newly described here M. cava, M. florbella, and M. valenzuelana. The combination of pleistemonous flowers and calyptrate calyces suggests that these species could be placed in the former Conostegia, but at least three of the four species discussed here (M. florbella, M. inusitata and M. valenzuelana) do not belong in that clade and are more closely related to other species of Andean Miconia. All four species grow in undisturbed areas in low- to middle-elevation forests in the Andes.

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Miconia (Melastomataceae, Miconieae) 小花群的修订版，描述了三个新物种

Miconia的小花群由来自安第斯山脉中部的四个物种组成，其特征是蚂蚁栖息的空心茎和带有萼状花萼的多枝花。这四个物种是 M. inusitata，以及这里新描述的 M. cava、M. florbella 和 M. valenzuelana。pleistemonous 花和 calyptrate 花萼的组合表明这些物种可以放置在前 Conostegia 中，但这里讨论的四个物种中至少有三个（M. florbella、M. inusitata 和 M. valenzuelana）不属于那个进化枝，并且与其他安第斯米康尼亚物种的亲缘关系更密切。所有四种物种都生长在安第斯山脉中低海拔森林的未受干扰地区。