Escobedia

Escobedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Escobedia
Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms
  • Neosilvia Pax
  • Micalia Raf.
  • Silvia Vell.

Escobedia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.

Its native range is from Mexico to Southern Tropical America. It is found in the countries of; Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.

The genus name of Escobedia is in honour of Jorge Escobedo y Alarcón (1743–1805), a Spanish lawyer and colonial administrator in Peru, and it was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 91 in 1794.

Known species:

  • Escobedia brachydonta Pennell
  • Escobedia crassipes Pennell
  • Escobedia grandiflora (L.f.) Kuntze
  • Escobedia guatemalensis Loes.
  • Escobedia laevis Schltdl. & Cham.
  • Escobedia michoacana E.Carranza & C.Medina
  • Escobedia peduncularis Pennell
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