Saracha

Saracha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Tribe:	Physaleae
Genus:	Saracha; Ruiz & Pav. (1794)
Synonyms
	Bellinia Roem. & Schult. (1819), nom. superfl. ; Diskion Raf. (1838), nom. superfl. ; Poecilochroma Miers (1848), nom. superfl.;

Saracha is a genus of flowering plants belonging to tribe Physaleae of subfamily Solanoideae of the nightshade family Solanaceae. The genera most closely related to Saracha are Iochroma, Dunalia, and Vassobia.^[1]

It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.^[1]

The genus name of Saracha is in honour of Isidoro Saracha (1733–1803), a Spanish monk, apothecary and botanist at the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos.^[2] It was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 31 in 1794.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Saracha Ruiz & Pav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
^ 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.