Metrodorea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Zanthoxyloideae
Genus: Metrodorea
A.St.-Hil.

Metrodorea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae.[1]

It is native to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.[1]

The genus name of Metrodorea is in honour of Metrodorus (c. 1st century BC), student of a healer named Sabinus.[2][3] It was first described and published in Fl. Bras. Merid. Vol.1 on page 81 in 1825.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Metrodorea concinna Pirani & P.Dias
  • Metrodorea flavida K.Krause
  • Metrodorea maracasana Kaastra
  • Metrodorea mollis Taub.
  • Metrodorea nigra A.St.-Hil.
  • Metrodorea stipularis Mart.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Metrodorea A.St.-Hil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. Peter E. Portmann (editor) Hippocratic Commentaries in the Greek, Latin, Syriac and Arabic Traditions ... (2021), p. 82, at Google Books
  3. 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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