Sessea sodiroi

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Sessea sodiroi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Sessea
Species:
S. sodiroi
Binomial name
Sessea sodiroi

Sessea sodiroi is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae, it can grow up to tree-size. It is endemic to Ecuador.

It was first published and described in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. vol.18 on page 208 in 1922. [2]

The specific epithet of sodiroi refers to Luis Sodiro (1836–1909), who was an Italian Jesuit priest and a field botanist,who collected many plants in Ecuador. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Montúfar, R.; Pitman, N. (2004). "Sessea sodiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004 e.T46320A11048439. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46320A11048439.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Sessea sodiroi Bitter | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Nursery, Lovato; Alejandro, David (2018). "Padre Luis Sodiro S. J .: Importance of his contribution to the knowledge of botany in Ecuador and its predecessors" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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