| Trozelia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Trozelia Raf. |
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Plicula Raf. | |
Trozelia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is also within the Physalinae (Miers) Hunz. subtribe.
It is native to Ecuador and Peru in western South America.
Known species
According to Kew:
- Trozelia grandiflora (Benth.) J.M.H.Shaw
- Trozelia umbellata (Ruiz & Pav.) Raf.
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. It was first described and published in Sylva Tellur. on page 54 in 1838.
References
- ^ "Trozelia Raf. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- 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) - 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.
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