Jagrantia
Genus of plants
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Jagrantia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Jagrantia monstrum.[2]
| Jagrantia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Genus: | Jagrantia Barfuss & W.Till |
| Species: | J. monstrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Jagrantia monstrum (Mez) Barfuss & W.Till | |
Its native range is south-eastern Nicaragua to northern Ecuador. It is found in the countries of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Panama.[2]
The genus name of Jagrantia is in honour of Jason Randall Grant (b. 1969), an American botanist in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and specialist in Bromeliaceae.[3] The Latin specific epithet of monstrum refers to monstrum meaning "a malfunctioning of nature". The word monster is derived from this term.[4] It was first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on pages 51-52 in 2016.[2]