Sagraea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. It is now listed as a synonym of Miconia Ruiz & Pav.[1]
Its native range is the Caribbean.[1]
The genus name of Sagraea was in honour of Ramón de la Sagra (1798–1871), a Spanish anarchist, politician, writer, and botanist who founded the world's first anarchist journal, El Porvenir (which is Spanish for "The Future").[2] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 170 in 1828.[1]
According to Kew:[1]
Sagraea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. It is now listed as a synonym of Miconia Ruiz & Pav.
Its native range is the Caribbean.
The genus name of Sagraea was in honour of Ramón de la Sagra (1798–1871), a Spanish anarchist, politician, writer, and botanist who founded the world's first anarchist journal, El Porvenir (which is Spanish for "The Future"). It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 170 in 1828.
