Tamayorkis Explained

Tamayorkis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.^[1]

Its native range is from Arizona and New Mexico to Texas, USA and also Mexico and Guatemala in South America.

The genus name of Tamayorkis is in honour of Roberto González Tamayo (1940–2014), Mexican engineer and botanist, professor at the University of Guadalajara.^[2] It was first described and published in Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. Vol.3 on page 121 in 1995.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Tamayorkis ehrenbergii
• Tamayorkis hintonii
• Tamayorkis porphyrea
• Tamayorkis wendtii

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tamayorkis Szlach. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 17 March 2021 . en.
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 . 1 January 2021.