Plutarchia (plant) explained

Plutarchia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.^[1]

It is native to Colombia and Ecuador. The genus name of Plutarchia is in honour of Plutarch (c. 45 – c. 125), a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.^[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club Vol.63 on page 311 in 1936.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Plutarchia angulata
• Plutarchia coronaria
• Plutarchia dasyphylla
• Plutarchia dichogama
• Plutarchia dolos
• Plutarchia ecuadorensis
• Plutarchia guascensis
• Plutarchia minor
• Plutarchia miranda
• Plutarchia monantha
• Plutarchia pubiflora
• Plutarchia rigida

Notes and References

1. Web site: Plutarchia A.C.Sm. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 20 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.