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Burmeistera sodiroana

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Species of flowering plant

Burmeistera sodiroana
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • 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.

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

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.

References

  1. ^ Moreno, P.; Pitman, N. (2003). "Burmeistera sodiroana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T43492A10802963. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43492A10802963.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Burmeistera sodiroana Zahlbr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  3. Nursery, Lovato; Alejandro, David (2018). "Padre Luis Sodiro S. J .: Importance of his contribution to the knowledge of botany in Ecuador and its predecessors" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Burmeistera sodiroana


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