Killipia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Melastomataceae |
Genus: | Killipia Gleason |
Killipia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. It is now a synonym of Miconia Ruiz & Pav.. [1]
It is native range was Colombia and Ecuador. [1]
The former genus name of Killipia was in honour of Ellsworth Paine Killip (1890–1968), an English painter and illustrator. [2] It was first published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 52: 456 in 1925. [1]
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