Pitraea

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Pitraea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Pitraea
Turcz.
Synonyms [1]
  • Bouchea copiapensis GayCastelia cuneato-ovata
  • Cav.Phelloderma cuneato-ovata
  • (Cav.) MiersPitraea chilensis
  • Turcz.Priva cuneato-ovata
  • (Cav.) RusbyPriva laevis
  • Juss.Priva orchidioides
  • Walp.Verbena lobelioides
  • GrahamVerbena orchioides
  • Walp.Verbena tuberosa
  • Graham

Pitraea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Verbenaceae. [2] It only contains one known species, Pitraea cuneato-ovata(Cav.) Caro [1]

Its native range is southern South America. It is found in (north-eastern and north-western) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, (central and northern) Chile and Peru. [1]

The genus name of Pitraea is in honour of Adolf Samoilovich Pitra (1830–1889), a Russian professor of botany in Kharkiv. [3] The genus has 2 known synonyms; CasteliaCav. and PhellodermaMiers. [2] The Latin specific epithet of cuneato-ovata is derived from cuneate meaning wedge-shaped and ovate from ovum meaning. [4] The genus was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou Vol.35 (II) on page 328 in 1862. [2] Then the species was published in Kurtziana Vol.1 on page 274 in 1961. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Pitraea cuneato-ovata (Cav.) Caro". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Pitraea Turcz. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 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   184533731X.