Plutarchia (plant)

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Plutarchia
Plutarchia guascensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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:

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Plutarchia A.C.Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ 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.