Mandirola

Mandirola is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[1]

Mandirola
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Mandirola
Decne.

It is native to Bolivia and Brazil.[1]

The genus name of Mandirola is in honour of Agostino Mandirola (d. 1661), Italian clergyman, naturalist and botanist with a focus on medicinal plants and citrus.[2] It was first described and published in Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér.3, Vol.2 on page 468 in 1848.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Mandirola hirsuta (DC.) A.O.Araujo & Chautems
  • Mandirola ichthyostoma (Gardner) Seem. ex Hanst.
  • Mandirola rupestris (Gardner) Roalson & Boggan

References
  1. "Mandirola Decne. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 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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