''Trattinnickia'' is a genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Burseraceae.
It is in the ''Canarieae'' subfamily.
Its native range is from central and southern Tropical America (within Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela) and across the Caribbean to
Trinidad and Tobago.
Known species
According to Kew:
The genus name of ''Trattinnickia'' is in honour of
Leopold Trattinnick (1764–1849), an Austrian botanist and mycologist.
It was first described and published in
Sp. Pl.
' (Latin for "The Species of Plants") is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genera. It is the first work to consistently apply binomial names and was the s ...
edition.4 Vol.4 on page 975 in 1806.
References
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Burseraceae
Burseraceae genera
Plants described in 1845
Flora of Central America
Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
Flora of northern South America
Flora of western South America
Flora of Brazil