Escobedia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.[1]
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, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.[1]
The genus name of Escobedia is in honour of Jorge Escobedo y Alarcón (1743–1805), a Spanish lawyer and colonial administrator in Peru,[2] and it was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 91 in 1794.[1]
Known species:[1]
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, Panamá, 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
