Duckeella

Duckeella
Scientific 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

Species in the genus include:[3]

  • Duckeella adolphii Porto & Brade
  • Duckeella alticola C.Schweinf.
  • Duckeella caquetana Szlach. & Kolan.
  • Duckeella fernandezii Szlach., Kolan. & Baranow
  • Duckeella garayi Szlach., Kolan. & Baranow
  • Duckeella humboldtii Kolan. & Szlach.
  • Duckeella linearilabia Szlach., Kolan. & Baranow
  • Duckeella pauciflora Garay

References

  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. ^ a b "Duckeella Porto & Brade | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 August 2021.