Lourtella

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Lourtella
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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 resinosaS.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 is allied to a botnical cluster of four other genera: Adenaria, Koehneria, Pehria, and Woodfordia.

It is unique within this cluster because it has secretory ducts, which help identify it.

References

  1. ↑ "Lourtella S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lourtella resinosa S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.
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