# Metrodorea

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***Metrodorea*** is a genus of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) belonging to the family [Rutaceae](/source/Rutaceae).[1]

It is native to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.[1]

The genus name of *Metrodorea* is in honour of Metrodorus (c. 1st century BC), student of a healer named Sabinus.[2][3] It was first described and published in Fl. Bras. Merid. Vol.1 on page 81 in 1825.[1]

## Known species

According to Kew:[1]

- *[Metrodorea concinna](/source/Metrodorea_concinna)* Pirani & P.Dias
- *[Metrodorea flavida](/source/Metrodorea_flavida)* K.Krause
- *[Metrodorea maracasana](/source/Metrodorea_maracasana)* Kaastra
- *[Metrodorea mollis](/source/Metrodorea_mollis)* Taub.
- *[Metrodorea nigra](/source/Metrodorea_nigra)* A.St.-Hil.
- *[Metrodorea stipularis](/source/Metrodorea_stipularis)* Mart.

## References

1. ["*Metrodorea* A.St.-Hil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35829-1). *Plants of the World Online*. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

1. Peter E. Portmann (editor) [Hippocratic Commentaries in the Greek, Latin, Syriac and Arabic Traditions ... (2021)](https://books.google.com/books?id=LTlIEAAAQBAJ)

1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). [*Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition*](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018) [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. [doi:10.3372/epolist2018](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018). ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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