Biology:Burmeistera sodiroana

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Burmeistera sodiroana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Burmeistera
Species:
B. sodiroana
Binomial name
Burmeistera sodiroana
Zahlbr.
Synonyms[2]
  • Burmeistera leucocarpa Zahlbr. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 529 (1915)
  • Burmeistera leucocarpa var. dentata E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 276b: 140 (1943)

Burmeistera sodiroana is a species of plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

It was first published by an Austrian-Hungarian botanist Alexander Zahlbruckner in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 534 in 1915.[2]

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]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4999412 entry