''Miquelia'' is a
genus
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of plants in the family
Icacinaceae
The Icacinaceae, also called the white pear family, are a family of flowering plants,"Icacinaceae" At: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website At: Missouri Botanical Garden Website (see ''External links'' below).
consisting of trees, shrubs, and lianas, pri ...
found in tropical India, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Carl Meissner
Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist.
Biography
Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...
in Pl. Vasc. Gen. vol.1 on page 152 in 1838.
The name ''Miquelia'' is in honour of Dutch botanist
Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel
Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (24 October 1811 – 23 January 1871) was a Dutch botanist, whose main focus of study was on the flora of the Dutch East Indies.
Early life
Miquel was born in Neuenhaus and studied medicine at the University of Groni ...
(1811–1871), whose main focus of study was the
flora
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E ...
of the
Dutch East Indies
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.
Species
Species accepted by
The Plant List
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:
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Miquelia assamica''
(Griff.) Mast. ex B.D.Jacks.
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Miquelia caudata''
King
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Miquelia celebica''
Blume
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Miquelia kleinii''
Meisn.
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Miquelia philippinensis''
Merr.
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Miquelia reticulata''
Merr.
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Miquelia thorelii''
Gagnep.
References
Icacinaceae
Asterid genera
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