Miquelia

For the grass, see Garnotia.

Miquelia is a genus of plants in the family Icacinaceae found in tropical India, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines.^[1]

Miquelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Icacinales
Family:	Icacinaceae
Genus:	Miquelia Meisn.
Species
Miquelia assamica (Griff.) Mast. ex B.D.Jacks. Miquelia caudata King Miquelia celebica Blume Miquelia kleinii Meisn. Miquelia philippinensis Merr. Miquelia reticulata Merr. Miquelia thorelii Gagnep.

The genus was circumscribed by Carl Meissner in Pl. Vasc. Gen. vol.1 on page 152 in 1838.^[2] The name Miquelia is in honour of Dutch botanist Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811–1871), whose main focus of study was the flora of the Dutch East Indies.^[3]

Species

Species accepted by The Plant List:^[4]

• Miquelia assamica (Griff.) Mast. ex B.D.Jacks.
• Miquelia caudata King
• Miquelia celebica Blume
• Miquelia kleinii Meisn.
• Miquelia philippinensis Merr.
• Miquelia reticulata Merr.
• Miquelia thorelii Gagnep.

References

1. de Candole (1873). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. pp. 13–15.
2. "Miquelia Meisn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
3. 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
4. "Miquelia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 February 2016.