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Pintoa chilensis

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Pintoa chilensis
Pintoa chilensis in Atacama, Chile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Genus: Pintoa
Gay
Species:
P. chilensis
Binomial name
Pintoa chilensis
Gay
Synonyms[1]
  • Pintoa chilensis var. eglandulosa Phil.
  • Pintoa chilensis var. glandulosa Phil.
  • Pintoa chilensis var. microphylla Phil.

Pintoa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Pintoa chilensis, a shrub endemic to Chile.[1]

Distribution and habitat

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Pintoa chilensis inhabits the desert landscape in the Atacama Region of Northern Chile.[1][3]

History

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Botanical illustration by Claudio Gay, 1854

The genus name of Pintoa is in honour of Francisco Antonio Pinto (1785–1858), a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile between 1827 and 1829.[4] The Latin specific epithet of chilensis means "coming from Chile", where the plant was found. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Fl. Chil. Vol.1 on page 479 in 1846.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Pintoa chilensis Gay". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Pintoa Gay | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro; Alarcón, Diego; Baeza, Carlos; Cavieres, Lohengrin; Finot, Víctor L.; Fuentes, Nicol; Kiessling, Andrea; Mihoc, Maritza; Pauchard, Aníbal; Ruiz, Eduardo; Sanchez, Paulina; Marticorena, Alicia; Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro (2018). "Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile". Gayana Botánica. 75 (1): 1–430. doi:10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001. ISSN 0717-6643.
  4. ^ 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.