| Duckeella | |
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Scientific classification
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| 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]
- Duckeella adolphii Porto & Brade [4] - Venezuela and Brazil
- Duckeella alticola C.Schweinf. [5] - Venezuela, Brazil and possibly Guyana
- Duckeella pauciflora Garay [6] - Venezuela and Colombia
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Duckeella Porto & Brade | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Anais Reunião Sul-Amer. Bot. 3: 32 (1938 publ. 1940).
- ^ Bot. Mus. Leafl. 19: 195 (1961).
- ^ Bot. Mus. Leafl. 18: 186 (1958).
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