Biology:Kirkbridea
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Kirkbridea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]
It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northern Colombia.[1][2]
The genus name of Kirkbridea is in honour of Joseph Harold Kirkbride (b. 1943), an American botanist who worked at the United States National Arboretum and as a curator at the Department of Agriculture's herbarium.[3] It was first described and published in Brittonia Vol.28 on page 141 in 1976.[1]
Known species, according to Kew;[1]
- Kirkbridea pentamera Wurdack
- Kirkbridea tetramera Wurdack
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Kirkbridea Wurdack | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26403-1.
- ↑ Schipper, Jan. "Santa Marta Montane Forests". https://www.oneearth.org/ecoregions/santa-marta-montane-forests/.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q10314432 entry
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