Biology:Ernestia (plant)
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Ernestia DC. |
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Dichaetandra Naudin | |
Ernestia is a genus of plant in family Melastomataceae.[1]
Its native range is tropical South America and it is found in the countries of Brazil (north), Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Ernestia is in honour of Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791ā1858), a German botanist and botanical historian,[2] it was first described and published by Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 121 in 1828.[1]
Known species
According to Kew;[1]
- Ernestia adenotricha L.Uribe
- Brade & Markgr. Wurdack
- Wurdack Ernestia minor
- Ernestia goudotii Gleason
- Ernestia cataractae Triana
- Cogn. Ernestia quadriseta
- Ernestia granvillei O.Berg ex Triana
- Ernestia blackii Tutin
- Wurdack Pulle
- Ernestia tenella Ernestia karuruana
- (Bonpl.) DC. Ernestia confertiflora
- Wurdack Ernestia rubra
- Ernestia ovata Ernestia maguirei
References
- ā 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Ernestia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26324-1.
- ā Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, DāL. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
Wikidata ☰ Q8777337 entry
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