Touchardia

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Touchardia
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Touchardia latifolia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Tribe:
Genus: Touchardia
Gaudich.

Touchardia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Touchardia latifolia Gaudich. [1]

It is native to the Hawaiian Islands.[1]

The genus name of Touchardia is in honour of (1810–1879), a French vice-admiral.[2] The Latin specific epithet of latifolia means long flat leaves.[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Voy. Bonite, Bot. Vol.3 on table 94 in 1848.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Touchardia Gaudich. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
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