Escobedia
Genus of flowering plants
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Escobedia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.[1]
| Escobedia | |
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| Escobedia grandiflora | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Escobedia Ruiz & Pav. |
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Its native range is from Mexico to Southern Tropical America. It is found in the countries of; Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Escobedia is in honour of Jorge Escobedo y Alarcón (1743–1805), a Spanish lawyer and colonial administrator in Peru,[2] and it was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 91 in 1794.[1]
Known species:[1]
- Escobedia brachydonta Pennell
- Escobedia crassipes Pennell
- Escobedia grandiflora (L.f.) Kuntze
- Escobedia guatemalensis Loes.
- Escobedia laevis Schltdl. & Cham.
- Escobedia michoacana E.Carranza & C.Medina
- Escobedia peduncularis Pennell