Meyenia (Acanthaceae)

Meyenia hawtayneana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Thunbergioideae
Tribus: Thunbergieae
Genus: Meyenia
Species: M. hawtayneana

Name

Meyenia Nees, in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3 78 (1832).

• Type species: M. hawtayneana Nees

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Thunbergia sect. Meyenia (Nees) Benth., Gen. Pl. 2(2): 1073 (1876).

Homonyms

• Meyenia Schltdl. (1833) = Cestrum L.
• Meyenia Backeb. (1931) = Weberbauerocereus Backeb.

References

Primary references

• Wallich, N. 1832. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants. Vol. 3. pp. 201–300. London. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Meyenia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sept. 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Meyenia. Published online. Accessed: 06. Sept 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Meyenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Sept. 2024.

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