Biology:Ageratina sodiroi

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ageratina sodiroi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ageratina
Species:
A. sodiroi
Binomial name
Ageratina sodiroi
(Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Eupatorium sodiroi Hieron. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 12 (1900)

Ageratina sodiroi is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is widely distributed in the Andes.[1]

This plant grows as an herb, sub-shrub, or shrub. It grows in forests and upper Andean vegetation types up to 3500 meters in altitude.[1]

Etymology

Ageratina is derived from Greek meaning 'un-aging', in reference to the flowers keeping their color for a long time.[4]

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.[5]

It was first published in Phytologia vol.19 on page 217 in 1970.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4692134 entry