''Matudaea'' is a genus of

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in family

Hamamelidaceae Hamamelidaceae, commonly referred to as the witch-hazel family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales. The clade consists of shrubs and small trees positioned within the woody clade of the core Saxifragales. An earlier system ...

. Species of ''Matudaea'' range from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia. 'Matudaea'' Lundell ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 27 January 2023. The genus name of ''Matudaea'' is in honour of

Eizi Matuda (1894–1978) was a Mexican botanist of Japanese origin. In scholarly works his name is generally romanised Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) scri ...

(1894–1978), who was a

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of Japanese origin. The genus was

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Cyrus Longworth Lundell Cyrus Longworth Lundell (November 5, 1907 – March 28, 1994) was an American botanist. Education Lundell did his undergraduate studies at Columbia University and Southern Methodist University. He completed his BA at the later in 1932. He then ent ...

in Lloydia vol.3 on page 209 in 1940.

Accepted species

* '' Matudaea colombiana'' Lozano Colombia * ''

Matudaea menzelii ''Matudaea'' is a genus of plant in family Hamamelidaceae. Species of ''Matudaea'' range from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia. 'Matudaea'' Lundell ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 27 January 2023. The ge ...

'' Walther * '' Matudaea trinervia'' Lundell southern Mexico to Costa Rica

References

Hamamelidaceae Saxifragales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Neotropical realm flora {{Saxifragales-stub