Miersia Explained

Miersia is a plant genus in the Amaryllidaceae.^[1] The genus has 10 known species, 9 of which are endemic to Chile and one, M. rusbyi, endemic to Bolivia.^{[2] [3]}

The genus name of Miersia is in honour of John Miers (1789–1879), a British botanist and engineer, best known for his work on the flora of Chile and Argentina.^[4]

Species

The following species are listed in Plants of the World Online:

• Miersia chilensis Lindl.
• Miersia humilis (Phil.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
• Miersia leporina Ravenna
• Miersia myodes Bertero
• Miersia putaendensis A.Cádiz-Véliz
• Miersia raucoana J.E.Sepúlveda & Nic.García
• Miersia rusbyi Britton
• Miersia stellata C.Cuevas & Nic.García
• Miersia tenuiseta Ravenna
• Miersia triloba

Notes and References

1. John Lindley. 1826. Botanical Register 12: t. 992
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=281160 Kew World Checklist of Selected plant families
3. Web site: Miersia Lindl. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 26 October 2021 . en.
4. 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 . 1 January 2021.