Polyclita
TaxonPolyclita
AuthorityA.C.Sm.

Polyclita is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Polyclita turbinata (Kuntze) A.C.Sm. [2]

It is native to Bolivia.[2]

The genus name of Polyclita is in honour of Polykleitos (c. 480 BC – end of the 5th century BC), a Greek sculptor of bronzes (copies of which probably persist as Roman marble statues).[3] The Latin specific epithet of turbinata means shaped like a top, from turbineus.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club Vol.63 on page 314 in 1936.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Polyclita A.C.Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Polyclita turbinata (Kuntze) A.C.Sm.". 205281-2. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.