Macbrideina

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Macbrideina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Dialypetalantheae
Genus: Macbrideina
Standl.

Macbrideina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Macbrideina peruvianaStandl. [2]

Its native range is western South America and is found in the countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. [2]

The genus name of Macbrideina is in honour of James Francis Macbride (1892–1976), an American botanist who devoted most of his professional life to the study of the flora of Peru. [3] The Latin specific epithet of peruviana means "coming from Peru". [4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Trop. Woods Vol.20 on pages 24-25 in 1929. [2]

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References

  1. "Macbrideina Standl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Macbrideina peruviana Standl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   184533731X.