Duckeella

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Duckeella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Vanilloideae
Tribe: Pogonieae
Genus: Duckeella
C.Porto & Brade

Duckeella is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae), belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae. It has 3 known species, all native to South America:[1]

The genus name of Duckesia is in honour of Adolpho Ducke (1876–1959), an entomologist, botanist and ethnographer specializing in Amazonia.[2] It was first published and described in Anais Reunião Sul-Amer. Bot. Vol.3 on page 31 in 1938 (published 1939).[3]

List of species[edit]

  1. Duckeella adolphii Porto & Brade[4] - Venezuela and Brazil
  2. Duckeella alticola C.Schweinf.[5] - Venezuela, Brazil and possibly Guyana
  3. Duckeella pauciflora Garay[6] - Venezuela and Colombia

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Duckeella Porto & Brade | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ Anais Reunião Sul-Amer. Bot. 3: 32 (1938 publ. 1940).
  5. ^ Bot. Mus. Leafl. 19: 195 (1961).
  6. ^ Bot. Mus. Leafl. 18: 186 (1958).