Tournonia

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Tournonia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Basellaceae
Genus: Tournonia
Moq.
Type species
Tournonia hookeriana
Moq.
Synonyms

Basella hookerianaMoq.

Tournonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Basellaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Tournonia hookerianaMoq. [1]

It is native to Colombia and Ecuador in western South America. [1]

The genus name of Tournonia is in honour of Dominique Jérôme Tournon (1758–1829), a French doctor and botanist, botanical garden director in Toulouse. [2] The Latin specific epithet of hookeriana refers to the British botanist and explorer Sir Joseph D. Hooker. [3] [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 225 in 1849. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tournonia Moq. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. ↑ 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. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Julia Brittain Plant Lover's Companion: Plants, People and Places , p. 96, at Google Books
  4. ↑ Sue Gordon (Editor) Horticulture - Plant Names Explained: Botanical Terms and Their Meaning , p. 84, at Google Books
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