Sommera

Sommera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Sommera; Schltdl.

Short description: Genus of plants

Sommera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.^[1]

Its native range is from Mexico to Peru. It is also found in northern Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panamá.^[1]

The genus name of Sommera is in honour of Christian Niefeldt Sommer (1821–1878), an English entomologist, who supported the research of author of the genus, Diederich Friedrich Carl von Schlechtendal.^[2] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.9 on page 602 in 1835.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

Sommera arborescens Schltdl.
Sommera chiapensis Brandegee
Sommera cusucoana Lorence, D.Kelly & A.Dietzsch
Sommera donnell-smithii Standl.
Sommera fusca Oerst. ex Standl.
Sommera grandis (Bartl. ex DC.) Standl.
Sommera guatemalensis Standl.
Sommera montana L.O.Williams
Sommera parva Lorence
Sommera purdiei Standl.
Sommera sabiceoides K.Schum.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Sommera Schltdl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35365-1.
↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.