''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
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Brazil,
Colombia
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,
Costa Rica
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,
Ecuador,
Guatemala
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,
Honduras
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,
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:
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Escobedia brachydonta''
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Escobedia crassipes''
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Escobedia grandiflora
''Escobedia grandiflora'' is a plant in the Family (biology), family Orobanchaceae.
Description
An erect herb, an obligate hemiparasite of roots of a variety of plants, including the families Asteraceae, Cyperaceae, Melastomataceae, but with a s ...
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Escobedia guatemalensis''
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Escobedia laevis''
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Escobedia michoacana''
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Escobedia peduncularis''
References
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Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae genera
Plants described in 1794
Flora of Southern America