| Tourrettia | |
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| Tourrettia lappacea | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus: |
Tourrettia Foug. |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Tourrettia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. [2] It only contains one known species, Tourrettia lappacea (L'Hér.) Willd. [2] [1] The genus of Tourrettia has 2 known synonyms, Dombeya L'Hér. and Medica Cothen. [2] It is also in Tribe Tourrettieae. [3]
Its native range stretches from Mexico down to north-western Argentina. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru and Venezuela. [2]
The genus name of Tourrettia is in honour of Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette (1729–1793), a French botanist. [4] The Latin specific epithet of lappacea is derived from lappa meaning with burrs. [5] It was first described and published in Mém. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 1784 on page 205 in 1787. [2] The species was published in Sp. Pl. edition 4 Vol.3 on page 263 in 1800. [1]
References
- ^ a b c "Tourrettia lappacea (L'Hér.) Willd". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Tourrettia Foug. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ Gentry, Alwyn H. (19 September 1980). "Part I (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae)". Flora Neotropica. 25 (1): 1–130.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi: 10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
| Tourrettia | |
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| Tourrettia lappacea | |
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Scientific classification
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus: |
Tourrettia Foug. |
| Synonyms [1] | |
| |
Tourrettia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. [2] It only contains one known species, Tourrettia lappacea (L'Hér.) Willd. [2] [1] The genus of Tourrettia has 2 known synonyms, Dombeya L'Hér. and Medica Cothen. [2] It is also in Tribe Tourrettieae. [3]
Its native range stretches from Mexico down to north-western Argentina. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru and Venezuela. [2]
The genus name of Tourrettia is in honour of Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette (1729–1793), a French botanist. [4] The Latin specific epithet of lappacea is derived from lappa meaning with burrs. [5] It was first described and published in Mém. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 1784 on page 205 in 1787. [2] The species was published in Sp. Pl. edition 4 Vol.3 on page 263 in 1800. [1]
References
- ^ a b c "Tourrettia lappacea (L'Hér.) Willd". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Tourrettia Foug. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ Gentry, Alwyn H. (19 September 1980). "Part I (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae)". Flora Neotropica. 25 (1): 1–130.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi: 10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.