Trozelia


Trozelia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is also within the Physalinae Hunz. subtribe.
It is native to Ecuador and Peru in western South America.

Known species

According to Kew:Trozelia grandiflora J.M.H.Shaw Trozelia umbellata Raf.
The genus name of Trozelia is in honour of Clas Blechert Trozelius, a Swedish clergyman and botanist. He was also professor of economics at Lund University. It was first described and published in Sylva Tellur. on page 54 in 1838.