Metrodorea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Rutaceae
Subfamilia: Amyridoideae
Genus: Metrodorea
Species: M. nigra
Name

Metrodorea A.St.-Hil.
References

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Metrodorea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Metrodorea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae.[1]

It is native to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.[1]

The genus name of Metrodorea is in honour of Metrodorus (c. 1st century BC), student of a healer named Sabinus.[2][3] It was first described and published in Fl. Bras. Merid. Vol.1 on page 81 in 1825.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Metrodorea concinna Pirani & P.Dias
Metrodorea flavida K.Krause
Metrodorea maracasana Kaastra
Metrodorea mollis Taub.
Metrodorea nigra A.St.-Hil.
Metrodorea stipularis Mart.

References

"Metrodorea A.St.-Hil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
Peter E. Portmann (editor) Hippocratic Commentaries in the Greek, Latin, Syriac and Arabic Traditions ... (2021), p. 82, at Google Books
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.