Gallardoa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malpighiaceae. The only species is Gallardoa fischeri.[1]
| Gallardoa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Malpighiaceae |
| Genus: | Gallardoa Hicken |
| Species: | G. fischeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Gallardoa fischeri Hicken
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It is named in honour of Ángel Gallardo (1867–1934), an Argentine civil engineer, natural scientist and politician.[2] It was first described and published in Physis (Buenos Aires) Vol.2 on page 101 in 1916.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Gallardoa Hicken | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ 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.