Miquelia

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Miquelia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Icacinales
Family: Icacinaceae
Genus: Miquelia
Meisn.
Species

Miquelia is a genus of plants in the family Icacinaceae found in tropical India, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines. [1]

The genus was circumscribed by Carl Meissner in Pl. Vasc. Gen. vol.1 on page 152 in 1838. [2] The name Miquelia is in honour of Dutch botanist Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811–1871), whose main focus of study was the flora of the Dutch East Indies. [3]

Species

Species accepted by The Plant List: [4]

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References

  1. de Candole (1873). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. pp. 13–15.
  2. "Miquelia Meisn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID   246307410 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. "Miquelia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 10 February 2016.