Plutarchia (plant)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plant}}

{{For|the genus of wasp|Plutarchia (wasp)}}

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|image = Plutarchia guascensis 1.jpg

|image_caption = Plutarchia guascensis

|taxon = Plutarchia (plant)

|authority = A.C.Sm.

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Plutarchia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.{{cite web |title=Plutarchia A.C.Sm. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:289416-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en}}

It is native to Colombia and Ecuador.

The genus name of Plutarchia is in honour of Plutarch (c. 45 – c. 125), a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.{{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 |access-date=1 January 2021}}

It was first described and published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club Vol.63 on page 311 in 1936.