Latouchea
Latouchea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Latouchea fokienensis Franch. [2]
| Latouchea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Genus: | Latouchea Franch. |
It is native to southern China.[2]
The genus name of Latouchea is in honour of John David Digues La Touche (1861–1935) an Irish ornithologist, naturalist, and zoologist as well as his wife, who both collected botanical specimens.[3] The Latin specific epithet of fokienensis refers to his wife, née Caroline Dawson Focken (1871 – 1945).[3] Both genus and species were first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.46 on page 212 in 1899.[2]
References
- "Latouchea Franch. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- "Latouchea fokienensis Franch. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- 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.
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