Marcgraviastrum sodiroi

Marcgraviastrum sodiroi is a species of plant in the Marcgraviaceae family endemic to Colombia and Ecuador.[2]

Marcgraviastrum sodiroi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Marcgraviaceae
Genus: Marcgraviastrum
Species:
M. sodiroi
Binomial name
Marcgraviastrum sodiroi
(Gilg) Bedell ex S.Dressler
Synonyms

Norantea sodiroi Gilg in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 78: 14 (1904)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1]

It was first published in Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 955 in 1999.[2]

The specific epithet of sodiroi refers to Luis Sodiro (1836–1909), who was an Italian Jesuit priest and a field botanist, who collected many plants in Ecuador.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Santiana, J.; Pitman, N. (2004). "Marcgraviastrum sodiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T45658A11005638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45658A11005638.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Marcgraviastrum sodiroi (Gilg) Bedell ex S.Dressler | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  3. ^ Nursery, Lovato; Alejandro, David (2018). "Padre Luis Sodiro S. J .: Importance of his contribution to the knowledge of botany in Ecuador and its predecessors" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2023.