Touchardia | |
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Touchardia latifolia is one of two known species within the genus. | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Urticaceae |
Tribe: | Urticeae |
Genus: |
Touchardia Gaudich. (1848) |
Species [1] | |
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Touchardia is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family, Urticaceae. It includes two species native to the Hawaiian Islands.
The name Touchardia is in honour of Philippe Victor Touchard (1810–1879), a French vice-admiral. [2]