# Polyclita

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

It is native to [Bolivia](/source/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](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) 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](/source/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"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:290894-2). *Plants of the World Online*. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

1. "*Polyclita turbinata* (Kuntze) A.C.Sm.". 205281-2. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). [*Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition*](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018) [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. [doi:10.3372/epolist2018](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018). ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

1. Lewis, Charlton (1891). *An Elementary Latin Dictionary*. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.

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