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June 2025

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genus

Mikania Willd.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 3: 1481, 1742 (1803)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000024282.

Statistics

Status Total %
synonym 531 49%
accepted 456 42%
unplaced 93 9%
Total 1,080

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Synonyms of Mikania

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Kanimia Gardner London J. Bot. 6: 446 (-447) (1847) wfo-4000019829
Willoughbya Neck. ex Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 373 (1891) wfo-4000040743
Willugbaeya Neck. Elem. Bot. 1: 82 (1790) wfo-4000040745
Micania D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 4: 1377 (1847) wfo-4000043446
Wikstroemia Spreng. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. (1821) 167. t. 3; Syst. iii. 4 (1821) wfo-4000043598

Species in Mikania ( showing species 1 to 10 of 456)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mikania acuminata DC. Prodr. 7(1): 270 (1838) wfo-0000094632
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Willoughbya acuminata (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 372 (1891) wfo-0000125816
Mikania acutissima Rusby ex B.L.Rob. Contr. Gray Herb. 64: 5, 49 1922 wfo-0000005938
Mikania acutissima Rusby Contr. Gray Herb. 64: 5 (1922) wfo-0000120699
Mikania additicia B.L.Rob. Contr. Gray Herb. 104: 31 (1934) wfo-0000079511
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Mikania chaseae B.L.Rob. Contr. Gray Herb. 104: 35 (1934) wfo-0000036723
Mikania alba N.Taylor Torreya vii. 186 (1907). wfo-0000073336
Mikania alexandreae G.M.Barroso Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 16: 281 (1959) wfo-0000116443
Mikania allartii B.L.Rob. Contr. Gray Herb. 96: 23 (1931) wfo-0000120727
Mikania alvimii R.M.King & H.Rob. Phytologia 45: 124 (-125), fig (1980) wfo-0000128050
Mikania ambigens Urb. Symb. Antill. 2(3): 460 (1901) wfo-0000039356
Mikania amblyolepis B.L.Rob. Contr. Gray Herb. 61: 11 (1920) wfo-0000138571
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Mikania panamensis B.L.Rob. Contr. Gray Herb. 104: 41 (1934) wfo-0000120327

Unplaced Names ( showing unplaced names 1 to 10 of 164)

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Mikania:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mikania angulata La Llave Mosaico Mexicano 2: 299. ; ex Hook. Kew Journ. v. (1853) 78. wfo-0000003618
Mikania apiifolia var. gracillima Malme Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 12(2): 61 (1933) wfo-0000088411
Mikania arborea Roxb. in Beats. Tracts St. Helen. App. 313. wfo-0000034313
Mikania ariasiana Al.Rodr. Phytoneuron 2021-12: 6. 2021 wfo-1000028059
Mikania aschersonii var. indula B.L.Rob. wfo-1200068377
Mikania aschersonii var. typica B.L.Rob. Contr. Gray Herb. 77: 47 (1926) wfo-0001374217
Mikania badieri f. badieri wfo-0000055669
Mikania badieri f. broadwayana Stehlé Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 71 (1954) wfo-0001320533
Mikania badieri f. kittsiana (Urb.) Stehlé Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 71 (1954) wfo-0001320534
Mikania badieri var. badieri wfo-0000052348