Trompettia
| Trompettia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Trompettia J.Dupin |
| Species: | T. cardenasiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Trompettia cardenasiana (Hunz.) J.Dupin | |
| Synonyms | |
Trompettia cardenasiana is a spiny shrub bearing very small leaves (0.35-0.5 x 0.1-0.12 cm),[1] a yellow trumpet-shaped campanulate flower, measuring some 3 cm long and globose fruit. The growth habit is somewhat reminiscent of certain Lycium species. It is endemic to Bolivia, growing in dry, Andean valleys at altitudes of 2,000–2,500 m and 3,000–3,500 m and has been collected near the town of Cotagaita in Potosí Department.
The species was originally described in Iochroma but subsequent research revealed that, far from being a species of Iochroma, it did not even belong in tribe Physaleae (to which Iochroma belongs), constituting instead a monotypic genus in tribe Datureae most closely related to the genera Datura and Brugmansia.[2] The genus Trompettia was eventually created to accommodate the species.[3]
The specific name 'cardenasianum' commemorates eminent Bolivian scientist Martín Cárdenas (1899–1973).
References
- ↑ Hunziker, Armando T. (2001). The Genera of Solanaceae. Ruggell, Liechtenstein: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G. ISBN 3-904144-77-4.
- ↑ De Witt Smith, Stacey; Baum, David A. (August 2006). "Phylogenetics of the florally diverse Andean clade Iochrominae (Solanaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 93 (8): 1140–53. doi:10.3732/ajb.93.8.1140.
- ↑ Dupin, Julia; Smith, Stacey D. (2017). "Phylogenetics of Datureae (Solanaceae), including description of the new genus Trompettia and re-circumscription of the tribe". Taxon. 67 (2): 359–375. doi:10.12705/672.6.