''Neothorelia'' is a
monotypic genus
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of
flowering plant
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s belonging to the family
Capparaceae
The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, the family contains 15 genera and about 430 species. The largest genera are ''Capparis'' (about 1 ...
. The only species is ''Neothorelia laotica'' .
It is native to
Laos
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in
Indo-China
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.
The genus name of ''Neothorelia'' is in honour of
Clovis Thorel (1833–1911), a French botanist, explorer and doctor.
The Latin
specific epithet
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of ''laotica'' means "of Laos", the place where the plant was found.
Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.55 on page 269 in 1908.
References
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Capparaceae
Monotypic Brassicales genera
Plants described in 1908
Flora of Laos
Taxa named by François Gagnepain