Mikania is a genus of about 450[2] species of plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.

The name honors the Czech botanist Johann Christian Mikan, 1743–1814.

[2] Members of the genus are stem twiners and lianas and are common in the neotropical flora.

Mikania micrantha is a widespread weed in the tropics.

[3] People have looked into controlling it with herbicides, parasitic plants, fungi and insects.