Escobedia

Escobedia
Two large white flowers
Escobedia grandiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Escobedia
Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms
  • Neosilvia Pax
  • Micalia Raf.
  • Silvia Vell.

Escobedia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.

Its native range is from Mexico to Southern Tropical America. It is found in the countries of; Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.

The genus name of Escobedia is in honour of Jorge Escobedo y Alarcón (1743–1805), a Spanish lawyer and colonial administrator in Peru, and it was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 91 in 1794.

Known species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Escobedia Ruiz & Pav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.