Meriania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 93 species distributed from Mexico to Brazil and the Antilles.[1]

Meriania
Meriania nobilis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Meriania
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Plants of this genus are woody shrubs or trees with large flowers and capsules.[1] The genus was named in honor of naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian.[2]

Species include:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Mendoza-Cifuentes, H., Alvear, M., & Almeda, F. (2014). Novelties in Meriania (Melastomataceae: Merianieae) from Andean rainforests of Colombia. Phytotaxa, 178(1), 23-32.
  2. ^ Swartz, Olof; Palmii, Jo Jacobi; Son, B. White and (1797). Flora Indiae Occidentalis :aucta atque illustrata sive descriptiones plantarum in prodromo recensitarum / Olavi Swartz. Vol. v. 2. Erlangae [Erlangen, Germany]: Jo. Jacobi Palmii. p. 824.
  3. ^ (in Spanish) Ulloa, C. U., & Homeier, J. (2008, July). Meriania franciscana (Melastomataceae), una especie nueva de los Andes de Ecuador. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 65(2) 383-387.