Jagrantia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Bromeliaceae |
Genus: | Jagrantia Barfuss & W.Till |
Species: | J. monstrum |
Binomial name | |
Jagrantia monstrum (Mez) Barfuss & W.Till | |
Jagrantia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. [1] It only contains one species, Jagrantia monstrum. [2]
Its native range is south-eastern Nicaragua to northern Ecuador. It is found in the countries of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Panamá. [2]
The genus name of Jagrantia is in honour of Jason Randall Grant (b. 1969), an American botanist in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and specialist in Bromeliaceae. [3] The Latin specific epithet of monstrum refers to monstrum meaning "a malfunctioning of nature". The word monster is derived from this term. [4] It was first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on pages 51-52 in 2016. [2]
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L. monstrum; like Latin, ‘signum,’ a sign in the heavens, a constellation, meteor” (Liddell & Scott)