Cuba: native: Central Cubanative; West CubanativePuerto Rico: nativeHispaniola: nativeNorth America: nativeSouth America: nativeCentral America: nativeJamaica: not native but possibly naturalised
2.Judd, W. S., Ionta, G. M., Majure, L. C. & Michelangeli, F. A. 2018: Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Miconia crenata and related species (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) in the Greater Antilles. – J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 12(2): 521-529