Escobedia Explained

Escobedia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.^[1]

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,^[2] and it was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 91 in 1794.

Known species:

• Escobedia brachydonta
• Escobedia crassipes
• Escobedia grandiflora
• Escobedia guatemalensis
• Escobedia laevis
• Escobedia michoacana
• Escobedia peduncularis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Escobedia Ruiz & Pav. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 15 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.