Killipia Explained

Killipia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. It is now a synonym of Miconia .[1]

It is native range was Colombia and Ecuador.

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Killipia Gleason Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 May 2021 . en.
  2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.

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