Biology:Killipia

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Short description: Genus of plants

Killipia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Killipia
Gleason

Killipia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. It is now a synonym of Miconia Ruiz & Pav..[1]

It is native range was Colombia and Ecuador.[1]

The former genus name of Killipia was in honour of Ellsworth Paine Killip (1890–1968), an English painter and illustrator.[2] It was first published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 52: 456 in 1925.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10314357 entry