''Trozelia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Solanaceae Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. It contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many me ...

. It is also within the ''Physalinae'' (Miers) Hunz. subtribe. It is native to

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

and

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

in western South America.

Known species

According to Kew: * '' Trozelia grandiflora'' (Benth.) J.M.H.Shaw * '' Trozelia umbellata'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Raf. The genus name of ''Trozelia'' is in honour of Clas Blechert Trozelius (1719–1794), a Swedish clergyman and botanist. He was also professor of economics at

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. It was first described and published in Sylva Tellur. on page 54 in 1838.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q87187220 Solanaceae Solanaceae genera Plants described in 1838 Flora of Ecuador Flora of Peru