Matudaea is a genus of plant in family Hamamelidaceae.

Matudaea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Subfamily: Hamamelidoideae
Tribe: Loropetaleae
Genus: Matudaea
Lundell

Species of Matudaea range from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia.[1]

The genus name of Matudaea is in honour of Eizi Matuda (1894–1978), who was a Mexican botanist of Japanese origin.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Cyrus Longworth Lundell in Lloydia vol.3 on page 209 in 1940.

Accepted species

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References

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  1. ^ [Matudaea Lundell]. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 27 January 2023.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "Matudaea Lundell". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 July 2022.