Meyenia hawtayneana is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a liana native to India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Vietnam. It is the sole species in genus Meyenia.[1]

Meyenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Meyenia
Nees (1832)
Species:
M. hawtayneana
Binomial name
Meyenia hawtayneana
(Wall.) Nees (1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Thunbergia coerulea Wight ex Nees (1832)
  • Thunbergia cordifolia Wall. (1829), not validly publ.
  • Thunbergia erecta Nees (1832), pro syn.
  • Thunbergia hawtayneana Wall. (1826)
  • Thunbergia hawtaynii T.Anderson (1867), orth. var.

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