Axinaea sodiroi
Axinaea sodiroi is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. 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. It was first published and described in Phytologia vol.35 on page 8 in 1976. References

Endemic flora of Ecuador
sodiroi
Endangered plants
Plants described in 1976
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