Metrodorea
| Metrodorea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zanthoxyloideae |
| Genus: | Metrodorea A.St.-Hil. |
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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]
Known species
[edit]According to Kew:[1]
- Metrodorea concinna Pirani & P.Dias
- Metrodorea flavida K.Krause
- Metrodorea maracasana Kaastra
- Metrodorea mollis Taub.
- Metrodorea nigra A.St.-Hil.
- Metrodorea stipularis Mart.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Metrodorea A.St.-Hil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ↑ Peter E. Portmann (editor) Hippocratic Commentaries in the Greek, Latin, Syriac and Arabic Traditions ... (2021), p. 82, at Google Books
- ↑ 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.