Uroskinnera

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Uroskinnera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Uroskinnera
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Uroskinnera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. [1] It is also in Tribe Cheloneae .

It is native to Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. [1]

Known species

Accepted by Kew: [1]

The genus name of Uroskinnera is in honour of George Ure Skinner (1804–1867), an English merchant, ornithologist and plant collector. [2] It was first described and published in Gard. Chron. 1857 on page 36 in 1857. [1] The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Uroskinnera Lindl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. "Genus Uroskinnera Lindl". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2 January 2022.