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Meriania
Meriania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 93 species distributed from Mexico to Brazil and the Antilles.
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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
motley meriania
speciesMeriania nobilis
Meriania speciosa
speciesMeriania speciosa
Meriania macrophylla
speciesMeriania macrophylla
Meriania maxima
speciesMeriania maxima
Meriania tomentosa
speciesMeriania tomentosa
Meriania hernandi
speciesMeriania hernandi
Meriania brachycera
speciesMeriania brachycera
Meriania colombiana
speciesMeriania colombiana
Meriania sanguinea
speciesMeriania sanguinea
Meriania phlomoides
speciesMeriania phlomoides
Meriania aguaditensis
speciesMeriania aguaditensis
Meriania mexiae
speciesMeriania mexiae
Meriania quintuplinervis
speciesMeriania quintuplinervis
Meriania involucrata
speciesMeriania involucrata
Meriania radula
speciesMeriania radula
Meriania neillii
speciesMeriania neillii
Meriania fantastica
speciesMeriania fantastica
Meriania haemantha
speciesMeriania haemantha
Meriania glabra
speciesMeriania glabra
Meriania urceolata
speciesMeriania urceolata
Meriania furvanthera
speciesMeriania furvanthera
Meriania heptamera
speciesMeriania heptamera
Meriania selvaflorensis
speciesMeriania selvaflorensis
Meriania tetragona
speciesMeriania tetragona
Meriania arizae
speciesMeriania arizae
Meriania silverstonei
speciesMeriania silverstonei
Meriania hexamera
speciesMeriania hexamera
Meriania aurata
speciesMeriania aurata
Meriania hoyosii
speciesMeriania hoyosii
Meriania weberbaueri
speciesMeriania weberbaueri
Meriania tetraquetra
speciesMeriania tetraquetra
Meriania drakei
speciesMeriania drakei
Meriania dimorphanthera
speciesMeriania dimorphanthera
Meriania mutisii
speciesMeriania mutisii
Meriania purpurea
speciesMeriania purpurea
Meriania maguirei
speciesMeriania maguirei
Meriania pastazana
speciesMeriania pastazana
Meriania yalconensis
speciesMeriania yalconensis
Meriania parvifolia
speciesMeriania parvifolia
Meriania cuzcoana
speciesMeriania cuzcoana
Meriania almedae
speciesMeriania almedae
Meriania denticulata
speciesMeriania denticulata
Meriania rigida
speciesMeriania rigida
Meriania brittoniana
speciesMeriania brittoniana
Meriania sararensis
speciesMeriania sararensis
Meriania barbosae
speciesMeriania barbosae
Meriania splendens
speciesMeriania splendens
Meriania alexandrae
speciesMeriania alexandrae
Meriania ramosii
speciesMeriania ramosii
Meriania grandiflora
speciesMeriania grandiflora
Meriania panamensis
speciesMeriania panamensis
Meriania franciscana
speciesMeriania franciscana
Meriania angustifolia
speciesMeriania angustifolia
Meriania kirkbridei
speciesMeriania kirkbridei
Meriania excelsa
speciesMeriania excelsa
Meriania rugosa
speciesMeriania rugosa
Meriania crassiramis
speciesMeriania crassiramis
Meriania boliviensis
speciesMeriania boliviensis
Meriania costata
speciesMeriania costata
Meriania leucantha
speciesMeriania leucantha
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 131867.