Botany

Escobedia

Escobedia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. Its native range is from Mexico to Southern Tropical America. It is found in the countries of; Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. The genus name of Escobedia is in honour of Jorge Escobedo y Alarcón (1743–1805), a Spanish lawyer and colonial administrator in Peru, and it was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 91 in 1794. Known species: Escobedia brachydonta Pennell Escobedia crassipes Pennell Escobedia grandiflora (L.f.) Kuntze Escobedia guatemalensis Loes. Escobedia laevis Schltdl. & Cham. Escobedia michoacana E.Carranza & C.Medina Escobedia peduncularis Pennell

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See also

• ▸Euphorbia
• ▸Golden calf
• ▸Calceolariaceae

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