| Gallardoa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Malpighiaceae |
| Genus: | Gallardoa Hicken |
| Species: | G. fischeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Gallardoa fischeri Hicken | |
Gallardoa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malpighiaceae. The only species is Gallardoa fischeri. [1]
It is native to Argentina. [1]
It is named in honour of Ángel Gallardo (1867–1934), an Argentine civil engineer, natural scientist and politician. [2] It was first described and published in Physis (Buenos Aires) Vol.2 on page 101 in 1916. [1]