Which species of flowering plant is named after a Greek philosopher, Mutisia or Aristotelia?
Mutisia Mutisia is a genus of flowering plant in the mutisia tribe within the sunflower family. "Mutisia" has been named after José Celestino Mutis. It comprises about sixty species which can be found along the entire length of the Andes and in southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.
Amicia Amicia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic "Adesmia" clade. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is named in honor of the Italian astronomer, mathematician and microscopist Giovanni Battista Amici (1786–1863).