Pisoniella Explained

Pisoniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Pisoniella arborescens

It is native to (northwestern) Argentina, Bolivia and Mexico. The genus name of Pisoniella is in honour of Willem Piso (1611–1678), a Dutch physician and naturalist who participated as an expedition doctor in Dutch Brazil from 1637 – 1644.[2] The Latin specific epithet of arborescens refers to arboreus meaning tree-like.[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. Vol.13 on page 385 in 1911.

it has one known subspecies; Pisoniella arborescens var. glabrata from Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pisoniella Standl. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 20 May 2021 . en.
  2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.
  3. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1845337315 .
  4. Web site: Pisoniella arborescens var. glabrata (Heimerl) Heimerl Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 15 November 2021 . en.

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