Wurdastom | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Melastomataceae |
Genus: |
Wurdastom B.Walln. |
Wurdastom is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. [1]
It is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in western South America. [1]
There are 8 accepted species by Plants of the World Online (as of Jan. 2022): [1]
The genus name of Wurdastom is in honour of John Julius Wurdack (1921–1998), an American botanist at the New York Botanical Garden and also the Smithsonian Institution. [2] It was first described and published in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 98 (Suppl.) on page 461 in 1996. [1]
Wurdastom | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Melastomataceae |
Genus: |
Wurdastom B.Walln. |
Wurdastom is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. [1]
It is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in western South America. [1]
There are 8 accepted species by Plants of the World Online (as of Jan. 2022): [1]
The genus name of Wurdastom is in honour of John Julius Wurdack (1921–1998), an American botanist at the New York Botanical Garden and also the Smithsonian Institution. [2] It was first described and published in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 98 (Suppl.) on page 461 in 1996. [1]