Clibadium sodiroi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Colombia and Ecuador.[1] In Ecuador, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[2]

Clibadium sodiroi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Clibadium
Species:
C. sodiroi
Binomial name
Clibadium sodiroi
Hieron.[1]
Synonyms[1]

Clibadium mexiae S.F.Blake, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 28: 489 (1938)

It was first published and described in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 32 in 1900.[3]

The specific epithet of sodiroi refers to Luis Sodiro (1836–1909), who was an Italian Jesuit priest and a field botanist,who collected many plants in Ecuador.[4]

Conservation

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Clibadium mexiae was assessed as "near threatened" in the 2003 IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Ecuador.[2] As of April 2023, C. mexiae was regarded as a synonym of Clibadium sodiroi, which is also found in Colombia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Clibadium sodiroi Hieron." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  2. ^ a b Montúfar, R.; Pitman, N. (2003). "Clibadium mexiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T43153A10782506. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43153A10782506.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Clibadium sodiroi Hieron. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  4. ^ Nursery, Lovato; Alejandro, David (2018). "Padre Luis Sodiro S. J .: Importance of his contribution to the knowledge of botany in Ecuador and its predecessors" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2023.