Torricellia

Torricellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Torricelliaceae.[1]

Torricellia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Torricelliaceae
Genus: Torricellia
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It is native to Eastern Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, southern China and also Vietnam.[1]

Known species:[1]

  • Torricellia angulata Oliv.
  • Torricellia tiliifolia DC.

The genus name of Torricellia is in honour of Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647), an Italian physicist and mathematician.[2] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.4 on page 257 in 1830.[1]

References

  1. "Torricellia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 March 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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