Mirandea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1]

Mirandea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Mirandea
Rzed. (1959)

It is native to Mexico.[1]

The genus name of Mirandea is in honour of Faustino Miranda Gonzalez (1905–1964), a Spanish-born Mexican botanist.[2] It was first described and published in Ciencia (Mexico) Vol.19 on page 80 in 1959.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Mirandea Rzed. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.