Moritzia

Genus of plants

Moritzia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Boraginales
Family:  | Boraginaceae
Genus:  | Moritzia
DC. ex Meisn.
Synonyms

Meratia A.DC.

Moritzia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.[1]

Its native range is Costa Rica to Southern Tropical America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Moritzia is in honour of Alexander Moritzi (1806–1850), a Swiss naturalist and early proponent of evolution.[2] It was first described and published in Pl. Vasc. Gen. Vol.1 on page 280 in 1840.[1]

## Species

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According to Kew:[1]

* Moritzia ciliata (Cham.) DC. ex Meisn.
* Moritzia dusenii I.M.Johnst.
* Moritzia lindenii (A.DC.) Benth. ex Gürke

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Moritzia DC. ex Meisn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
2. ^ 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.

Taxon identifiers

Moritzia|

* Wikidata: Q10332352
* Wikispecies: Moritzia
* CoL: 5V8M
* GBIF: 3230798
* GRIN: 7811
* iNaturalist: 520317
* IPNI: 4692-1
* IRMNG: 1333188
* NCBI: 764729
* Open Tree of Life: 818443
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4692-1
* Tropicos: 40022856
* WFO: wfo-4000024858
* WoRMS: 1079849

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