Duckeella Explained

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

  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

Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=65113 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Duckeella Porto & Brade Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 31 August 2021 . en.
  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).

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