Clibadium sodiroi | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Clibadium |
Species: | C. sodiroi
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Binomial name | |
Clibadium sodiroi Hieron.
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Synonyms [1] | |
Clibadium mexiae S.F.Blake, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 28: 489 (1938) |
Clibadium sodiroi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Colombia and Ecuador. [1] In Ecuador, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. [2]
It was first published and described in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 32 in 1900. [3]
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. [4]
Clibadium mexiae was assessed as " near threatened" in the 2003 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Ecuador. [2] As of April 2023 [update], C. mexiae was regarded as a synonym of Clibadium sodiroi, which is also found in Colombia. [1]