Medinilla
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Scientific name | Medinilla |
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Rank | Genus |
Higher classification | Melastomes |
Family | Melastomataceae |
Kingdom | Plantae |
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ID | 2956372 |
About Medinilla
Medinilla is a genus of about 193 species of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to tropical regions of the Old World from Africa east through Madagascar and southern Asia to the western Pacific Ocean islands. The genus was named after J. de Medinilla, governor of the Mariana Islands in 1820.