Ernestia (plant)
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| Ernestia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Ernestia DC. |
| Synonyms | |
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Dichaetandra Naudin | |
Ernestia is a genus of plant in family Melastomataceae.[1]
Its native range is tropical South America and it is found in the countries of Brazil (north), Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Ernestia is in honour of Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791–1858), a German botanist and botanical historian,[2] it was first described and published by Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 121 in 1828.[1]