Uroskinnera
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Uroskinnera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.{{cite web |title=Uroskinnera Lindl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38092-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=14 March 2021 |language=en}} It is also in Tribe Cheloneae.
It is native to Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Known species
- Uroskinnera almedae T.F.Daniel & D.E.Breedlove
- Uroskinnera flavida Lundell
- Uroskinnera hirtiflora Hemsl.
- Uroskinnera spectabilis Lindl.
The genus name of Uroskinnera is in honour of George Ure Skinner (1804–1867), an English merchant, ornithologist and plant collector.{{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 Gard. Chron. 1857 on page 36 in 1857. The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.{{cite web |title=Genus Uroskinnera Lindl. |url=https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=12593 |website=npgsweb.ars-grin.gov |access-date=2 January 2022}}
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Category:Plantaginaceae genera