Meriania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 93 species distributed from Mexico to Brazil and the Antilles.Mendoza-Cifuentes, H., Alvear, M., & Almeda, F. (2014). Novelties in Meriania (Melastomataceae: Merianieae) from Andean rainforests of Colombia. Phytotaxa, 178(1), 23-32.
Plants of this genus are woody shrubs or trees with large flowers and capsules. The genus was named in honor of naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian.
Species include:
Meriania acostae Wurdack Meriania almedae Wurdack Meriania ampla Wurdack Meriania amplexicaulis Wurdack Meriania barbosae Meriania campii Wurdack Meriania costata Wurdack Meriania crassiramis (Naudin) Wurdack Meriania cuneifolia Gleason Meriania denticulata (Gleason) Wurdack Meriania drakei (Cogn.) Wurdack Meriania fantastica Meriania franciscana 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. Meriania furvanthera Wurdack Meriania glazioviana Cogn. Meriania grandiflora (Standl.) Almeda Meriania kirkbridei Wurdack Meriania leucantha (Sw.) Sw. Meriania loxensis Gleason Meriania maguirei Wurdack Meriania panamensis Woods. & Schery Meriania pastazana Wurdack Meriania peltata L.Uribe Meriania pichinchensis Wurdack Meriania rigida (Benth.) Triana Meriania stellata (Gleason) Wurdack Meriania versicolor L.Uribe
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