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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Escobedia Ruiz & Pav. |
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Escobedia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is from Mexico to Southern Tropical America. It is found in the countries of; Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.
The genus name of Escobedia is in honour of Jorge Escobedo y Alarcón (1743–1805), a Spanish lawyer and colonial administrator in Peru, and it was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 91 in 1794.
Known species:
- Escobedia brachydonta Pennell
- Escobedia crassipes Pennell
- Escobedia grandiflora (L.f.) Kuntze
- Escobedia guatemalensis Loes.
- Escobedia laevis Schltdl. & Cham.
- Escobedia michoacana E.Carranza & C.Medina
- Escobedia peduncularis Pennell
References
- ^ "Escobedia Ruiz & Pav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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