Tournonia
Species of flowering plant
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Tournonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Basellaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Tournonia hookeriana Moq.[1]
| Tournonia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Basellaceae |
| Genus: | Tournonia Moq. |
| Type species | |
| Tournonia hookeriana Moq. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Basella hookeriana Moq. | |
It is native to Colombia and Ecuador in western South America.[1]
The genus name of Tournonia is in honour of Dominique Jérôme Tournon (1758–1829), a French doctor and botanist, botanical garden director in Toulouse.[2] The Latin specific epithet of hookeriana refers to the British botanist and explorer Sir Joseph D. Hooker.[3][4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 225 in 1849.[1]