Isidroa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Verbenaceae. The only species is Isidroa spinifera.[1]
Isidroa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Verbenaceae |
Genus: | Isidroa Greuter & R.Rankin |
Species: | I. spinifera
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Binomial name | |
Isidroa spinifera (Urb.) Greuter & R.Rankin
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Its native range is Hispaniola. It is found in Dominican Republic and Haiti.[1]
The genus name of Isidroa is in honour of Isidro E. Méndez (b. 1958), a Cuban botanist and specialist in Verbenaceae, especially Lantana.[2] The Latin specific epithet of spinifera refers to spiny, from 'spina' 'spinose'.[3] Both genus and species were first described and published in Willdenowia Vol.46 on page 16 in 2016.[1][4]