Polyclita

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Polyclita
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Polyclita
A.C.Sm.
Synonyms [1]
  • Chupalon turbinatumKuntze
  • Psammisia turbinata(Kuntze) K.Schum.
  • Thibaudia turbinata(Kuntze) Hoerold

Polyclita is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae. [2] It only contains one known species, Polyclita turbinata(Kuntze) A.C.Sm. [1]

It is native to Bolivia. [1]

The genus name of Polyclita is in honour of Polykleitos (c. 480 BC – end of the 5th century BC), a Greek sculptor of bronzes (copies of which probably persist as Roman marble statues). [3] The Latin specific epithet of turbinata means shaped like a top, from turbineus. [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club Vol.63 on page 314 in 1936. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Polyclita turbinata (Kuntze) A.C.Sm". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Polyclita A.C.Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 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. Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199102051.