Pitraea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Pitraea
Turcz.
Synonyms[1]
  • Bouchea copiapensis Gay Castelia cuneato-ovata
  • Cav. Phelloderma cuneato-ovata
  • (Cav.) Miers Pitraea chilensis
  • Turcz. Priva cuneato-ovata
  • (Cav.) Rusby Priva laevis
  • Juss. Priva orchidioides
  • Walp. Verbena lobelioides
  • Graham Verbena orchioides
  • Walp. Verbena tuberosa
  • Graham

Pitraea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Verbenaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Pitraea cuneato-ovata (Cav.) Caro[1]

Its native range is southern South America. It is found in (north-eastern and north-western) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, (central and northern) Chile and Peru.[1]

The genus name of Pitraea is in honour of Adolf Samoilovich Pitra (1830–1889), a Russian professor of botany in Kharkiv.[3] The genus has 2 known synonyms; Castelia Cav. and Phelloderma Miers.[2] The Latin specific epithet of cuneato-ovata is derived from cuneate meaning wedge-shaped and ovate from ovum meaning.[4] The genus was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou Vol.35 (II) on page 328 in 1862.[2] Then the species was published in Kurtziana Vol.1 on page 274 in 1961.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Pitraea cuneato-ovata (Cav.) Caro". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Pitraea Turcz. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
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