Isidroa

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| genus = Isidroa

| parent_authority = Greuter & R.Rankin

| species = spinifera

| authority = (Urb.) Greuter & R.Rankin

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Isidroa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Verbenaceae. The only species is Isidroa spinifera.{{cite web |title=Isidroa Greuter & R.Rankin {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60470458-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is Hispaniola. It is found in Dominican Republic and Haiti.

The genus name of Isidroa is in honour of Isidro E. Méndez (b. 1958), a Cuban botanist and specialist in Verbenaceae, especially Lantana.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of spinifera refers to spiny, from 'spina' 'spinose'.{{cite book | last=Harrison | first=Lorraine | title=Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored | publisher=University of Chicago Press | location=Chicago, Illinois | year=2012 | isbn=9780226009193}}

Both genus and species were first described and published in Willdenowia Vol.46 on page 16 in 2016.{{cite web |title=Isidroa spinifera (Urb.) Greuter & R.Rankin {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60470459-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=5 October 2021 |language=en}}