Meriania Fantastica

''Meriania'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 93 species distributed from Mexico to Brazil and the Antilles.Mendoza-Cifuentes, H., Alvear, M., & Almeda, F. (2014)
Novelties in ''Meriania'' (Melastomataceae: Merianieae) from Andean rainforests of Colombia.
''Phytotaxa'', 178(1), 23-32.

Plants of this genus are woody shrubs or trees with large flowers and capsules. The genus was named in honor of naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian.

Species include:
* '' Meriania acostae'' Wurdack
* '' Meriania almedae'' Wurdack
* '' Meriania ampla'' Wurdack
* '' Meriania amplexicaulis'' Wurdack
* ''Meriania barbosae''
* '' Meriania campii'' Wurdack
* '' Meriania costata'' Wurdack
* '' Meriania crassiramis'' (Naudin) Wurdack
* '' Meriania cuneifolia'' Gleason
* '' Meriania denticulata'' (Gleason) Wurdack
* '' Meriania drakei'' (Cogn.) Wurdack
* '' Meriania fantastica''
* ''Meriania franciscana'' Ulloa, C. U., & Homeier, J. (2008, July)
''Meriania franciscana'' (Melastomataceae), una especie nueva de los Andes de Ecuador.
''Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid'' 65(2) 383-387.
* '' Meriania furvanthera'' Wurdack
* '' Meriania grandiflora'' (Standl.) Almeda
* '' Meriania kirkbridei'' Wurdack
* '' Meriania leucantha'' (Sw.) Sw.
* '' Meriania loxensis'' Gleason
* '' Meriania maguirei'' Wurdack
* '' Meriania panamensis'' Woods. & Schery
* '' Meriania pastazana'' Wurdack
* ''Meriania peltata'' L.Uribe
* '' Meriania pichinchensis'' Wurdack
* '' Meriania rigida'' (Benth.) Triana
* '' Meriania stellata'' (Gleason) Wurdack
* '' Meriania versicolor'' L.Uribe

References

Melastomataceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Olof Swartz

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