Wurdastom Explained

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

It is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in western South America.

Known species

There are 8 accepted species by Plants of the World Online (as of Jan. 2022):

Taxonomy

The genus name of Wurdastom is in honour of John Julius Wurdack (1921–1998), an American botanist at the New York Botanical Garden and also the Smithsonian Institution.^[2] It was first described and published in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 98 (Suppl.) on page 461 in 1996.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wurdastom B.Walln. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 13 March 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.