Mirandea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Justicieae
Genus: Mirandea
Species: M. andradenia – M. grisea – M. huastecensis – M. hyssopus – M. nutans – M. sylvatica
Name

Mirandea Rzed.
References

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Mirandea. .

Mirandea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1]

It is native to Mexico.[1]

The genus name of Mirandea is in honour of Faustino Miranda Gonzalez (1905–1964), a Spanish-born Mexican botanist.[2] It was first described and published in Ciencia (Mexico) Vol.19 on page 80 in 1959.[1]
Species

According to Kew:[1]

Mirandea andradenia T.F.Daniel
Mirandea grisea Rzed.
Mirandea huastecensis T.F.Daniel
Mirandea hyssopus (Nees) T.F.Daniel
Mirandea nutans (Nees) T.F.Daniel
Mirandea sylvatica Acosta

References

"Mirandea Rzed. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.