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Touchardia

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Touchardia
Touchardia latifolia is one of two known species within the genus.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Tribe: Urticeae
Genus: Touchardia
Gaudich. (1848)
Species[1]

Touchardia is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family, Urticaceae. It includes two species native to the Hawaiian Islands.

The name Touchardia is in honour of Philippe Victor Touchard (1810–1879), a French vice-admiral.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Touchardia Gaudich. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  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.