Matudaea

Matudaea is a genus of plant in family Hamamelidaceae.

Matudaea
Scientific classification
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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• Matudaea colombiana Lozano Colombia
• Matudaea menzelii Walther
• Matudaea trinervia Lundell southern Mexico to Costa Rica