| Miersiella umbellata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Burmanniaceae |
| Genus: | Miersiella Urb. |
| Species: | M. umbellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Miersiella umbellata (Miers) Urb. | |
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Miersiella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1903. It contains only one known species, Miersiella umbellata Urb. It is native to South America (in the countries of Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru).
The genus name of Miersiella is in honour of John Miers (1789–1879), a British botanist and engineer, best known for his work on the flora of Chile and Argentina. The Latin specific epithet of umbellata is derived from umbella meaning umbelled, referring to the flower. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Symb. Antill. Vol.3 on page 439 in 1903.
References
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
- Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- 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.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
- "Miersiella umbellata (Miers) Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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| Miersiella umbellata | |
| Miersiella | |
| Dictyostega umbellata | |