Tourrettia

Tourrettia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae.^[2] It only contains one known species, Tourrettia lappacea (L'Hér.) Willd.^[2][1] The genus of Tourrettia has 2 known synonyms, Dombeya L'Hér. and Medica Cothen.^[2] It is also in Tribe Tourrettieae.^[3]

Tourrettia
Tourrettia lappacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Genus:	Tourrettia Foug.
Synonyms[1]
Dombeya lappacea L'Hér. Tourrettia dombeya Schreb. ex Forsyth f. Tourrettia volubilis J.F.Gmel.

Its native range stretches from Mexico down to north-western Argentina. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru and Venezuela.^[2]

The genus name of Tourrettia is in honour of Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette (1729–1793), a French botanist.^[4] The Latin specific epithet of lappacea is derived from lappa meaning with burrs.^[5] It was first described and published in Mém. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 1784 on page 205 in 1787.^[2] The species was published in Sp. Pl. edition 4 Vol.3 on page 263 in 1800.^[1]