Biology:Critoniopsis sodiroi

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Critoniopsis sodiroi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Critoniopsis
Species:
C. sodiroi
Binomial name
Critoniopsis sodiroi
(Hieron.) H.Rob.
Synonyms[2]

Critoniopsis sodiroi is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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.[3]

It was first published in Phytologia vol.69 on page 105 in 1990.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5186917 entry