Tourrettia
Genus of flowering plants
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Tourrettia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Tourrettia lappacea (L'Hér.) Willd.[2][1] The genus of Tourrettia has 2 known synonyms, Dombeya L'Hér. and Medica Cothen.[2] It is also in Tribe Tourrettieae.[3]
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| Tourrettia | |
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| Tourrettia lappacea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus: | Tourrettia Foug. |
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Its native range stretches from Mexico down to north-western Argentina. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru and Venezuela.[2]
The genus name of Tourrettia is in honour of Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette (1729–1793), a French botanist.[4] The Latin specific epithet of lappacea is derived from lappa meaning with burrs.[5] It was first described and published in Mém. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 1784 on page 205 in 1787.[2] The species was published in Sp. Pl. edition 4 Vol.3 on page 263 in 1800.[1]