Biology:Torricellia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
Torricellia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Torricelliaceae |
Genus: | Torricellia DC. |
Torricellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Torricelliaceae.[1]
It is native to Eastern Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, southern China and also Vietnam.[1]
Known species:[1]
- Torricellia angulata Oliv.
- Torricellia tiliifolia DC.
The genus name of Torricellia is in honour of Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647), an Italian physicist and mathematician.[2] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.4 on page 257 in 1830.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Torricellia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:12112-1.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q5393134 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torricellia.
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