Ernestia_(plant)

<i>Ernestia</i> (plant)

Ernestia (plant)

Genus of flowering plants

Ernestia is a genus of plant in family Melastomataceae.[1]

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Its native range is tropical South America and it is found in the countries of Brazil (north), Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Ernestia is in honour of Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791–1858), a German botanist and botanical historian,[2] it was first described and published by Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 121 in 1828.[1]

Known species

According to Kew;[1]

  • Ernestia adenotricha L.Uribe
  • Ernestia blackii Brade & Markgr.
  • Ernestia cataractae Tutin
  • Ernestia confertiflora Wurdack
  • Ernestia goudotii Triana
  • Ernestia granvillei Wurdack
  • Ernestia karuruana Wurdack
  • Ernestia maguirei Wurdack
  • Ernestia minor Gleason
  • Ernestia ovata Cogn.
  • Ernestia quadriseta O.Berg ex Triana
  • Ernestia rubra Pulle
  • Ernestia tenella (Bonpl.) DC.

References

  1. [1]
    "Ernestia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. [2]
    Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
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