title: Mirandea
text: # Mirandea
  
  Mirandea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
  
  It is native to Mexico.
  
  The genus name of Mirandea is in honour of Faustino Miranda Gonzalez (1905–1964), a Spanish-born Mexican botanist. It was first described and published in Ciencia (Mexico) Vol.19 on page 80 in 1959.
  
  ## Species
  
  According to Kew:
  
  * Mirandea andradenia T.F.Daniel
  * Mirandea grisea Rzed.
  * Mirandea huastecensis T.F.Daniel
  * Mirandea hyssopus (Nees) T.F.Daniel
  * Mirandea nutans (Nees) T.F.Daniel
  * Mirandea sylvatica Acosta
  