Pisoniella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
Genus: | Pisoniella Standl. |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Pisoniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. [2] It only contains one known species, Pisoniella arborescens(Lag. & Rodr.) Standl. [1]
It is native to (northwestern) Argentina, Bolivia and Mexico. [1]
The genus name of Pisoniella is in honour of Willem Piso (1611–1678), a Dutch physician and naturalist who participated as an expedition doctor in Dutch Brazil from 1637 – 1644. [3] The Latin specific epithet of arborescens refers to arboreus meaning tree-like. [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. Vol.13 on page 385 in 1911. [1]
it has one known subspecies; Pisoniella arborescens var. glabrata(Heimerl) Heimerl from Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. [5]
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