Torricellia

Torricellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Torricelliaceae.^[1]

Torricellia
Toricellia angulata var. intermedia at Kunming Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Torricelliaceae
Genus:	Torricellia DC.

It is native to Eastern Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, southern China and also Vietnam.^[1]

Known species:^[1]

• Torricellia angulata Oliv.
• Torricellia tiliifolia DC.

The genus name of Torricellia is in honour of Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647), an Italian physicist and mathematician.^[2] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.4 on page 257 in 1830.^[1]