Touchardia is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family, Urticaceae. It includes two species native to the Hawaiian Islands.
- Touchardia latifolia Gaudich.
- Touchardia sandwicensis (Wedd.) ined.
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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) |
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The name Touchardia is in honour of Philippe Victor Touchard (1810–1879), a French vice-admiral.[2]
References edit
- ^ Touchardia Gaudich. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.