Recordia Explained

Recordia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Verbenaceae.^[1]

It is native to Bolivia and southern Brazil.

The genus name of Recordia is in honour of Samuel J. Record (1881–1945), an American botanist who played a prominent role in the study of trees and wood.^[2] It was first described and published in Phytologia Vol.1 on page 99 in 1934.^[1]

Known species, according to Kew:

• Recordia boliviana
• Recordia reitzii

Notes and References

1. Web site: Recordia Moldenke 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.