Maguireocharis
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| Maguireocharis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Maguireocharis Steyerm. |
Maguireocharis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Maguireocharis neblinae Steyerm. [2]
It is native to southern Venezuela and northern Brazil.[2]
The genus name of Maguireocharis is in honour of Bassett Maguire (1904–1991), an American botanist, head curator of the New York Botanical Garden, and a leader of scientific expeditions to the Guyana Highlands in Brazil and Venezuela.[3] The Latin specific epithet of neblinae refers to Sierra de la Neblina a sandstone Massif in Venezuela. In 1954, Bassett Maguire discovered the botanically rich Cerro de la Neblina (or "Mountain of the Clouds").[4]
Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. Vol.23 on page 230 in 1972.[2]