Matudaea

Matudaea is a genus of plant in family Hamamelidaceae.

Matudaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Hamamelidaceae
Subfamily:	Hamamelidoideae
Tribe:	Loropetaleae
Genus:	Matudaea Lundell

Species of Matudaea range from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia.^[1]

The genus name of Matudaea is in honour of Eizi Matuda (1894–1978), who was a Mexican botanist of Japanese origin.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Cyrus Longworth Lundell in Lloydia vol.3 on page 209 in 1940.

Accepted species

^[3]

• Matudaea colombiana Lozano Colombia
• Matudaea menzelii Walther
• Matudaea trinervia Lundell southern Mexico to Costa Rica

References

1. [Matudaea Lundell]. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 27 January 2023.
2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
3. "Matudaea Lundell". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 July 2022.