Mirandea

Short description: Genus of plants

Mirandea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Lamiales
Family:  | Acanthaceae
Genus:  | Mirandea
Rzed.

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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Mirandea Rzed. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295376-2.
2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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