Gallardoa

Gallardoa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malpighiaceae. The only species is Gallardoa fischeri.[1]

Gallardoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Gallardoa
Hicken
Species:
G. fischeri
Binomial name
Gallardoa fischeri
Hicken

It is native to Argentina.[1]

It is named in honour of Ángel Gallardo (1867–1934), an Argentine civil engineer, natural scientist and politician.[2] It was first described and published in Physis (Buenos Aires) Vol.2 on page 101 in 1916.[1]

References

  1. "Gallardoa Hicken | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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