Sommera Explained

Sommera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.^[1]

Its native range is from Mexico to Peru. It is also found in northern Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panamá.

The genus name of Sommera is in honour of Christian Niefeldt Sommer (1821–1878), an English entomologist, who supported the research of author of the genus, Diederich Friedrich Carl von Schlechtendal.^[2] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.9 on page 602 in 1835.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Sommera arborescens
• Sommera chiapensis
• Sommera cusucoana
• Sommera donnell-smithii
• Sommera fusca
• Sommera grandis
• Sommera guatemalensis
• Sommera montana
• Sommera parva
• Sommera purdiei
• Sommera sabiceoides

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sommera Schltdl. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 19 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.