Espadaea
Genus of plants
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Espadaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. The only species is Espadaea amoena.[1]
| Espadaea | |
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| Espadaea Amoena | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Espadaea A.Rich. |
| Species: | E. amoena |
| Binomial name | |
| Espadaea amoena A.Rich. | |
| Synonyms | |
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The genus name is in honour of Juan José Díaz de Espada (1757–1832), a Spanish bishop in Havana in Cuba,[2] and the Latin epithet of amoena means "beautiful" or "pleasing".[3] It was first described and published in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. Vol.11 on page 148 in 1850.[1]