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Trozelia

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Trozelia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Trozelia
Raf.
Synonyms

Plicula Raf.

Trozelia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.[1] It is also within the Physalinae (Miers) Hunz. subtribe.[2]

It is native to Ecuador and Peru in western South America.[1]

Known species

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According to Kew:[1]

The genus name of Trozelia is in honour of Clas Blechert Trozelius (1719–1794), a Swedish clergyman and botanist. He was also professor of economics at Lund University.[3] It was first described and published in Sylva Tellur. on page 54 in 1838.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Trozelia Raf. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. ^ Deanna, Rocío; Larter, Maximilian; Barboza, Gloria Estela; Smith, Stacey D. (September 2018). "Repeated evolution of a morphological novelty: a phylogenetic analysis of the inflated fruiting calyx in the Physalideae tribe (Solanaceae)". doi:10.1101/425991. hdl:11336/109233. S2CID 196671608. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.