Tournefortia

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Tournefortia
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Tournefortia bojeri
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Heliotropioideae
Genus: Tournefortia
L. [1]
Type species
Tournefortia hirsutissima
L. [2]
Synonyms
List
  • ArgusiaBoehm.
  • ArguziaRaf.
  • MallotoniaBritton
  • MesserschmidiaL. ex Hebenstr.
  • SpilocarpusLem.

Tournefortia, commonly known as soldierbush, [3] is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.

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It was first published under the name Pittonia by Charles Plumier in 1703, in honour of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. Later, Carl Linnaeus changed the name to Tournefortia, on the grounds that Tournefort was virtually unknown by his family name outside France. [4]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Tournefortia: [5]

Uses

Tournefortia angustifolia is added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca.

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  3. Mesechites brownei(A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla torosa(Jacq.) Woodson
  4. Mesechites dichotomus(Kunth) Miers = Laubertia boissieriA.DC.
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  6. Mesechites guianensis(A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla rugellosa(Rich.) L.Allorge
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  8. Mesechites hirtellulusMiers = Mandevilla oaxacana(A.DC.) Hemsl.
  9. Mesechites hirtellus(Kunth) Miers = Mandevilla subsagittata(Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  10. Mesechites jasminiflorus(M.Martens & Galeotti) Miers = Mandevilla subsagittata(Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  11. Mesechites lanceolatus(R.Br.) Miers = Parsonsia lanceolataR.Br.
  12. Mesechites oaxacanus(A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla oaxacana(A.DC.) Hemsl.
  13. Mesechites ovalis(Ruiz & Pav. ex Markgr.) Pichon = Allomarkgrafia ovalis(Ruiz & Pav. ex Markgr.) Woodson
  14. Mesechites plumeriiflorus(Woodson) Pichon = Allomarkgrafia plumeriifloraWoodson
  15. Mesechites siphiliticus(L.f.) Lemée = Tabernaemontana siphilitica(L.f.) Leeuwenb.
  16. Mesechites subcarnosus(Benth.) Miers = Mandevilla subcarnosa(Benth.) Woodson
  17. Mesechites sulphureus(Vell.) Müll.Arg. = Prestonia coalita(Vell.) Woodson
  18. Mesechites torulosus(L.) Miers =Mandevilla torosa(Jacq.) Woodson
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References

  1. ↑ "Tournefortia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
  2. ↑ "Tournefortia L." TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
  3. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tournefortia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Paul-Antoine Cap (1854). Le Muséum d'histoire naturelle (in French). L. Curmer. p. 12.
  5. ↑ "Tournefortia L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-10-07.

6. “Dangling In The Tournefortia” by Charles Bukowski published 2001 Black Sparrow

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