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Erato sodiroi

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Erato sodiroi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erato
Species:
E. sodiroi
Binomial name
Erato sodiroi
(Hieron.) H. Rob.
Synonyms[2]

Liabum sodiroi Hieron. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 61 (1900)
Munnozia sodiroi (Hieron.) H.Rob. & Brettell in Phytologia 28: 57 (1974)

Erato sodiroi is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The specific epithet of sodiroi refers to Luis Sodiro (1836–1909), who was an Italian Jesuit priest and a field botanist,who collected many plants in Ecuador.[3]

It was first published in Phytologia 34: 379 in 1976.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Montúfar, R.; Pitman, N. (2003). "Erato sodiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T43406A10801236. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43406A10801236.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Erato sodiroi (Hieron.) H.Rob. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ^ Nursery, Lovato; Alejandro, David (2018). "Padre Luis Sodiro S. J .: Importance of his contribution to the knowledge of botany in Ecuador and its predecessors" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2023.