Lourtella
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lourtella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lythraceae.[1] The only species is Lourtella resinosa S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe.[2]
| Lourtella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Lythraceae |
| Genus: | Lourtella S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe |
| Species: | L. resinosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Lourtella resinosa S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe | |
It is native to Peru and Bolivia.[2]
The genus name of Lourtella is in honour of Alicia Lourteig (1913–2003), an Argentine and French botanist, who was a world specialist in Oxalidaceae plants.[3] The Latin specific epithet of resinosa refers to resinous, from resina.[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol.12 on pages 519-520 in 1987.[2]
Lourtella is allied to a botnical cluster of four other genera: Adenaria, Koehneria, Pehria, and Woodfordia.
It is unique within this cluster because it has secretory ducts, which help identify it.
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