Biology:Axinaea sodiroi

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Axinaea sodiroi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Axinaea
Species:
A. sodiroi
Binomial name
Axinaea sodiroi
Wurdack

Axinaea sodiroi is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1]

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.[2]

It was first published and described in Phytologia vol.35 on page 8 in 1976.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4830489 entry