Krukoviella | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Ochnaceae |
Subfamily: | Ochnoideae |
Tribe: | Sauvagesieae |
Genus: |
Krukoviella A.C.Sm. |
Species: | K. disticha
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Binomial name | |
Krukoviella disticha (Tiegh.) Dwyer
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Synonyms | |
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Krukoviella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae. It has one synonym Planchonella Tiegh. [1] The only species is Krukoviella disticha (Tiegh.) Dwyer [2]
Its native range is Peru and northern Brazil. [2]
The genus name of Krukoviella is in honour of Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898–1983), a Russian-born American botanist who collected in South America, West Africa and Sumatra. He was later a curator at the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden. [3] The Latin specific epithet of disticha refers to distichus a Greek word meaning alternately opposed or in two ranks. [4] The genus was first published in J. Arnold Arbor. Vol.20 on page 295 in 1939, [1] and the species was first published in Torreya Vol.45 on page 71 in 1945. [2]