Wurdastom
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Wurdastom is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.{{cite web |title=Wurdastom B.Walln. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:994542-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=13 March 2021 |language=en}}
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):
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|Wurdastom bullata |(Wurdack) B.Walln.
|Wurdastom cuatrecasasii |(Wurdack) B.Walln.
|Wurdastom dorrii |(Wurdack) B.Walln.
|Wurdastom dudleyi |(Wurdack) B.Walln.
|Wurdastom ecuadorensis |(Wurdack) B.Walln.
|Wurdastom hexamera |(Wurdack) B.Walln.
|Wurdastom sneidernii |(Wurdack) B.Walln.
|Wurdastom subglabra |(Wurdack) B.Walln.}}
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.{{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}}
It was first described and published in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 98 (Suppl.) on page 461 in 1996.
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Category:Melastomataceae genera