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Kirkbridea
Genus of plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kirkbridea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]
It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northern Colombia.[1][2]
The genus name of Kirkbridea is in honour of Joseph Harold Kirkbride (b. 1943), an American botanist who worked at the United States National Arboretum and as a curator at the Department of Agriculture's herbarium.[3] It was first described and published in Brittonia Vol.28 on page 141 in 1976.[1]
Known species, according to Kew;[1]
- Kirkbridea pentamera Wurdack
- Kirkbridea tetramera Wurdack
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