Biology:Pitcairnia sodiroi

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Pitcairnia sodiroi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Pitcairnia
Species:
P. sodiroi
Binomial name
Pitcairnia sodiroi
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Pitcairnia sodiroi is a species of plant in the family Bromeliaceae, it is a perennial and epiphyte.[2] It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[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.[3]

It was first published in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, vol.4 on page 622 in 1904.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7198798 entry