Tournonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Basellaceae |
Genus: | Tournonia 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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