Lozanella

Lozanella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cannabaceae.[1]

Lozanella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Cannabaceae
Genus: Lozanella
Greenm.

Its native range is Mexico to Venezuela and Peru. It is also found in the countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panamá.[1]

The genus name of Lozanella is in honour of José Filemón Guadalupe Lozano y Lozano (1877 – after 1940), a Mexican traveling companion of Cyrus Pringle during his Mexican expedition.[2] It was first described and published in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Vol.41 on page 236 in 1905.[1]

Known species, according to Kew;[1]

  • Lozanella enantiophylla (Donn.Sm.) Killip & C.V.Morton
  • Lozanella permollis Killip & C.V.Morton

References

  1. "Lozanella Greenm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 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.
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