Kirkbridea Explained

Kirkbridea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.^[1]

It is native to Colombia.

The genus name of Kirkbridea is in honour of Joseph Harold Kirkbride (b. 1943), an American botanist who worked at the United States National Arboretum and as a curator at the Department of Agriculture's herbarium.^[2] It was first described and published in Brittonia Vol.28 on page 141 in 1976.

Known species, according to Kew;

• Kirkbridea pentamera
• Kirkbridea tetramera

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kirkbridea Wurdack Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 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 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.