''Matudaea'' is a genus of

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in family

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. Species of ''Matudaea'' range from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia. 'Matudaea'' Lundell ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 27 January 2023. The genus name of ''Matudaea'' is in honour of

Eizi Matuda (1894–1978) was a Mexican botanist of Japanese origin. In scholarly works, his name is generally romanised as "Eizi Matuda" following the "Kunrei" system. Personal life Matuda and his wife, Miduho Kaneko de Matuda, were naturalized Mexican c ...

(1894–1978), who was a

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of Japanese origin. The genus was

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Cyrus Longworth Lundell Cyrus Longworth Lundell (November 5, 1907 – March 28, 1994) was an American botanist. Education Lundell did his undergraduate studies at Columbia University and Southern Methodist University. He completed his BA at the later in 1932. He then en ...

in Lloydia vol.3 on page 209 in 1940.

Accepted species

* '' Matudaea colombiana'' Lozano Colombia * '' Matudaea menzelii'' Walther * '' Matudaea trinervia'' Lundell southern Mexico to Costa Rica

References

Hamamelidaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Flora of the Neotropical realm Hamamelidaceae Taxa named by Cyrus Longworth Lundell {{Saxifragales-stub