Wurdastom

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Wurdastom
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Known species[edit]

There are 8 accepted species by Plants of the World Online (as of Jan. 2022):[1]

Taxonomy[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Wurdastom B.Walln. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.