| Killipia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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..
It is native range was Colombia and Ecuador.
The former genus name of Killipia was in honour of Ellsworth Paine Killip (1890–1968), an English painter and illustrator. It was first published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 52: 456 in 1925.
References
- ^ "Killipia Gleason | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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| Killipia | |