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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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Torralbasia
Krug & Urb.
Synonyms[1]
  • Celastrus cuneifolius (C.Wright ex A.Gray) M.Gómez
  • Maytenus cuneifolia (C.Wright ex A.Gray) Griseb.

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

  1. "Torralbasia cuneifolia (C.Wright ex A.Gray) Krug & Urb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. "Torralbasia Krug & Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
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