Metrodorea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Subfamily: | Zanthoxyloideae |
Genus: | Metrodorea A.St.-Hil. |
Metrodorea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. [1]
It is native to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. [1]
The genus name of Metrodorea is in honour of Metrodorus (c. 1st century BC), student of a healer named Sabinus. [2] [3] It was first described and published in Fl. Bras. Merid. Vol.1 on page 81 in 1825. [1]
According to Kew: [1]
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