Sessea sodiroi explained

Sessea sodiroi is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae, it can grow up to tree-size. It is endemic to Ecuador.

It was first published and described in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. vol.18 on page 208 in 1922.^[1]

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.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sessea sodiroi Bitter Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 28 October 2023 . en.
2. 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.