Biology:Ernestia (plant)

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Ernestia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Ernestia
DC.
Synonyms

Dichaetandra Naudin

Ernestia is a genus of plant in family Melastomataceae.[1]

Its native range is tropical South America and it is found in the countries of Brazil (north), Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Ernestia is in honour of Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791–1858), a German botanist and botanical historian,[2] it was first described and published by Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 121 in 1828.[1]

Known species

According to Kew;[1]

  • Ernestia adenotricha L.Uribe
  • Brade & Markgr. Wurdack
  • Wurdack Ernestia minor
  • Ernestia goudotii Gleason
  • Ernestia cataractae Triana
  • Cogn. Ernestia quadriseta
  • Ernestia granvillei O.Berg ex Triana
  • Ernestia blackii Tutin
  • Wurdack Pulle
  • Ernestia tenella Ernestia karuruana
  • (Bonpl.) DC. Ernestia confertiflora
  • Wurdack Ernestia rubra
  • Ernestia ovata Ernestia maguirei

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Ernestia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26324-1. 
  2. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9. 

Wikidata ☰ Q8777337 entry