Lueckelia Explained

Lueckelia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.^[1] The only species is Lueckelia breviloba ^[2] It is within the Tribe Cymbidieae and Subtribus of Stanhopeinae .^[3]

The species is found in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.

The genus name of Lueckelia is in honour of Emil Lückel (b. 1927), a German botanist and taxonomist from Frankfurt, who was a specialist in orchids and president of the German Orchid Society.^[4] The genus has one known synonym of Brasilocycnis ^[1]

The Latin specific epithet of breviloba is made of two words; 'brevi-' from brevis meaning short and also 'loba' meaning lobe. Referring to the flower petals being short.^[5] Both genus and species were first described and published in Austral. Orchid Rev. Vol.64 (Issue 4) on page 15 in 1999.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lueckelia Jenny Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 26 September 2021 . en.
2. Web site: Lueckelia breviloba (Summerh.) Jenny Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 20 October 2021 . en.
3. Whitten . W. Mark . Williams . Norris H. . Chase . Mark W. . Subtribal and Generic Relationships of Maxillarieae (Orchidaceae) with Emphasis on Stanhopeinae: Combined Molecular Evidence . American Journal of Botany . December 2000 . 87 . 12 . 1842–1856. 10.2307/2656837 . 2656837 . 11118422 .
4. 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 . 1 January 2021.
5. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1845337315 .