Escobedia
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, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.
The genus name of Escobedia is in honour of Jorge Escobedo y Alarcón, 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:
- Escobedia brachydonta
- Escobedia crassipes
- Escobedia grandiflora
- Escobedia guatemalensis
- Escobedia laevis
- Escobedia michoacana
- ''Escobedia peduncularis''