| Lourtella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Lythraceae |
| Genus: | Lourtella S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe |
| Species: | L. resinosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Lourtella resinosa S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe | |
Lourtella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lythraceae. The only species is Lourtella resinosa S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe.
It is native to Peru and Bolivia.
The genus name of Lourtella is in honour of Alicia Lourteig (1913–2003), an Argentine and French botanist, who was a world specialist in Oxalidaceae plants. The Latin specific epithet of resinosa refers to resinous, from resina. Both genus and species were first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol.12 on pages 519-520 in 1987.
References
- "Lourtella S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Lourtella resinosa S.A.Graham, Baas & Tobe | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- 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.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Lourtella | |
| Lourtella resinosa | |