Lourtella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Lythraceae |
Genus: |
Lourtella S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe |
Species: | L. resinosa
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Binomial name | |
Lourtella resinosa S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe
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Lourtella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lythraceae. [1] The only species is Lourtella resinosa S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe. [2]
It is native to Peru and Bolivia. [2]
The genus name of Lourtella is in honour of Alicia Lourteig (1913–2003), an Argentine and French botanist, who was a world specialist in Oxalidaceae plants. [3] The Latin specific epithet of resinosa refers to resinous, from resina. [4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol.12 on pages 519-520 in 1987. [2]
Lourtella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Lythraceae |
Genus: |
Lourtella S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe |
Species: | L. resinosa
|
Binomial name | |
Lourtella resinosa S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe
|
Lourtella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lythraceae. [1] The only species is Lourtella resinosa S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe. [2]
It is native to Peru and Bolivia. [2]
The genus name of Lourtella is in honour of Alicia Lourteig (1913–2003), an Argentine and French botanist, who was a world specialist in Oxalidaceae plants. [3] The Latin specific epithet of resinosa refers to resinous, from resina. [4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol.12 on pages 519-520 in 1987. [2]