Touchardia is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family, Urticaceae. It includes two species native to the Hawaiian Islands.

Touchardia
Touchardia latifolia is one of two known species within the genus.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Tribe: Urticeae
Genus: Touchardia
Gaudich. (1848)
Species[1]

The name Touchardia is in honour of Philippe Victor Touchard (1810–1879), a French vice-admiral.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Touchardia Gaudich. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  2. ^ 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.