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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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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyBignoniaceae
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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.