| Plutarchia | |
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| Plutarchia guascensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Plutarchia A.C.Sm. |
Plutarchia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
It is native to Colombia and Ecuador.
The genus name of Plutarchia is in honour of Plutarch (c. 45 – c. 125), a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. It was first described and published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club Vol.63 on page 311 in 1936.
Known species
According to Kew:
- Plutarchia angulata A.C.Sm.
- Plutarchia coronaria (Hook.f.) A.C.Sm.
- Plutarchia dasyphylla A.C.Sm.
- Plutarchia dichogama (Cuatrec.) Sleumer
- Plutarchia dolos N.R.Salinas, M.F.González, E.Hern.-A. & Betancur
- Plutarchia ecuadorensis Luteyn
- Plutarchia guascensis (Cuatrec.) A.C.Sm.
- Plutarchia minor A.C.Sm.
- Plutarchia miranda A.C.Sm.
- Plutarchia monantha A.C.Sm.
- Plutarchia pubiflora (Wedd.) A.C.Sm.
- Plutarchia rigida (Benth.) A.C.Sm.
References
- ^ "Plutarchia A.C.Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 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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| Plutarchia | |