Burmeistera sodiroana
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| Burmeistera sodiroana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Burmeistera |
| Species: | B. sodiroana |
| Binomial name | |
| Burmeistera sodiroana Zahlbr. | |
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Burmeistera sodiroana is a species of plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
It was first published by an Austrian-Hungarian botanist Alexander Zahlbruckner in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 534 in 1915.[2]
The specific epithet of sodiroi refers to Luis Sodiro (1836–1909), who was an Italian Jesuit priest and a field botanist, who collected many plants in Ecuador.[3]
