Pisoniella

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Pisoniella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Pisoniella
Standl.
Synonyms [1]
  • Boerhavia arborescensLag. & Rodr.
  • Pisonia arborescens(Lag. & Rodr.) Kuntze

Pisoniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. [2] It only contains one known species, Pisoniella arborescens(Lag. & Rodr.) Standl. [1]

It is native to (northwestern) Argentina, Bolivia and Mexico. [1]

The genus name of Pisoniella is in honour of Willem Piso (1611–1678), a Dutch physician and naturalist who participated as an expedition doctor in Dutch Brazil from 1637 – 1644. [3] The Latin specific epithet of arborescens refers to arboreus meaning tree-like. [4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. Vol.13 on page 385 in 1911. [1]

it has one known subspecies; Pisoniella arborescens var. glabrata(Heimerl) Heimerl from Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Pisoniella arborescens (Lag. & Rodr.) Standl". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Pisoniella Standl. | 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.
  5. ↑ "Pisoniella arborescens var. glabrata (Heimerl) Heimerl | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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