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Tourrettia
Sign in to saveTourrettia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. It only contains one known species, Tourrettia lappacea (L'Hér.) Willd. The genus of Tourrettia has 2 known synonyms, Dombeya and Medica It is also in Tribe Tourrettieae.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tourrettia is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to plant, International Standard Book Number and Wikidata.
Vinony files it under Bignoniaceae, Bignoniaceae genera and Flora of Central America.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyBignoniaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Collections
- MO, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tourrettieae
- Image
- Tourrettia lappacea (Bignoniaceae) (32270831381).jpg
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Tourrettia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. It only contains one known species, Tourrettia lappacea (L'Hér.) Willd. The genus of Tourrettia has 2 known synonyms, Dombeya and Medica It is also in Tribe Tourrettieae.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tourrettia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.