Biology:Killipia
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Killipia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Killipia Gleason |
Killipia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. It is now a synonym of Miconia Ruiz & Pav..[1]
It is native range was Colombia and Ecuador.[1]
The former genus name of Killipia was in honour of Ellsworth Paine Killip (1890–1968), an English painter and illustrator.[2] It was first published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 52: 456 in 1925.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Killipia Gleason | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:294703-2.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q10314357 entry
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