Marcgraviastrum sodiroi is a species of plant in the Marcgraviaceae family endemic to Colombia and Ecuador.[2]
| Marcgraviastrum sodiroi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Marcgraviaceae |
| Genus: | Marcgraviastrum |
| Species: | M. sodiroi
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| Binomial name | |
| Marcgraviastrum sodiroi (Gilg) Bedell ex S.Dressler
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| Synonyms | |
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Norantea sodiroi Gilg in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 78: 14 (1904) | |
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1]
It was first published in Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 955 in 1999.[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
edit- ^ a b Santiana, J.; Pitman, N. (2004). "Marcgraviastrum sodiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T45658A11005638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45658A11005638.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Marcgraviastrum sodiroi (Gilg) Bedell ex S.Dressler | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ 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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