Torricellia

Torricellia
Toricellia angulata var. intermedia at Kunming Botanical Garden
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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Torricellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Torricelliaceae.

It is native to the Eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Tibet, southern China and Vietnam.

Known species:

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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.