Torralbasia
Torralbasia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae.[2] It only contains the one known species, Torralbasia cuneifolia (C.Wright ex A.Gray) Krug & Urb.[1][2]
| Torralbasia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Torralbasia Krug & Urb. |
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It is native to the Caribbean and is found in the countries of Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.[2]
The genus name of Torralbasia is in honour of José Ildefonso Torralbas (1842–1903), Cuban botanist and agronomist; director of the university botanical museum in Havana and professor at the university.[3] The Latin specific epithet of cuneifolia means wedge-shaped, and is derived from cuneate.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in D.H.Segui, Fl. Med. Tox. Cuba on page 60 in 1900.[1][2]
There are 3 Accepted subspecies;[1]
- Torralbasia cuneifolia subsp. cuneifolia
- Torralbasia cuneifolia var. rotundata Borhidi
- Torralbasia cuneifolia subsp. verrucosa Borhidi
References
- "Torralbasia cuneifolia (C.Wright ex A.Gray) Krug & Urb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "Torralbasia Krug & Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 March 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.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.