Metrodorea

<i>Metrodorea</i>

Metrodorea

Genus of flowering plant

Metrodorea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae.[1]

Quick Facts Metrodorea, Scientific classification ...

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

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

  1. [1]
    "Metrodorea A.St.-Hil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    Peter E. Portmann (editor) Hippocratic Commentaries in the Greek, Latin, Syriac and Arabic Traditions ... (2021), p. 82, at Google Books
  3. [3]
    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.
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