Meyenia (Acanthaceae)

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 (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

• Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Wallich, N. 1832. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 3: 75, 78.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Meyenia (Acanthaceae). .