Mezia Schwacke ex Nied.
First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(4): 58 (1890)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Panama to S. Tropical America.
Distribution
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Stenocalyx Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 393 (1858)
Accepted Species
- Mezia andersonii C.E.Anderson
- Mezia angelica W.R.Anderson
- Mezia araujoi Schwacke ex Nied.
- Mezia bahiana C.E.Anderson
- Mezia beckii W.R.Anderson
- Mezia curranii W.R.Anderson
- Mezia fanshawei C.E.Anderson
- Mezia huberi W.R.Anderson
- Mezia includens (Benth.) Cuatrec.
- Mezia mariposa W.R.Anderson
- Mezia peruviana C.E.Anderson
- Mezia rufa W.R.Anderson
- Mezia russellii W.R.Anderson
- Mezia sericea C.E.Anderson
- Mezia tomentosa W.R.Anderson
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0