| Metrodorea | |
|---|---|
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]