Allionia

/əˈlɪoniə/ noun

A genus of plants in the four o'clock family, native to the Americas, with small colorful flowers.

Named after Charles Alliond, an 18th-century French botanist, using the Latinized plant naming convention. The suffix '-ia' indicates it's a genus name in scientific taxonomy.

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