Escobedia

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Escobedia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Escobedia
Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms
  • NeosilviaPax
  • MicaliaRaf.
  • SilviaVell.

Escobedia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. [1]

Its native range is from Mexico to Southern Tropical America. It is found in the countries of; Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. [1]

The genus name of Escobedia is in honour of Jorge Escobedo y Alarcón (1743–1805), a Spanish lawyer and colonial administrator in Peru, [2] and it was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 91 in 1794. [1]

Known species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Escobedia Ruiz & Pav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.