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Meriania is a genus of about 93 woody shrubs and trees in the Melastomataceae family, native from Mexico to Brazil and the Antilles, with large flowers and capsule fruits. Few members are grown as ornamentals, and the genus is mostly found in cloud forests and montane habitats.
Meriania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 93 species distributed from Mexico to Brazil and the Antilles.
Plants of this genus are woody shrubs or trees with large flowers and capsules. The genus was named in honor of naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian.
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