Palicourea sodiroi explained

Palicourea sodiroi is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub and grows primarily in wet tropical habitats. It is endemic to Ecuador.

The specific epithet of sodiroi refers to Luis Sodiro (1836–1909), who was an Italian Jesuit priest and a field botanist, who collected many plants in Ecuador.^[1]

It was first published in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. vol.22 on page 198 in 1940.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nursery . Lovato . Alejandro . David . Padre Luis Sodiro S. J .: Importance of his contribution to the knowledge of botany in Ecuador and its predecessors . 28 October 2023 . Spanish . 2018.
2. Web site: Palicourea sodiroi Standl. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 29 October 2023 . en.