Dilkea

Dilkea
Dilkea hebes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Passifloraceae
Subfamily:	Passifloroideae
Tribe:	Passifloreae
Genus:	Dilkea Mast.

Dilkea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae. ^[1]

Distribution

Its native range is Southern Tropical America. ^[1]

Etymology

The genus name of Dilkea is in honour of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet (1810–1869), an English politician. ^[2] It was published by Maxwell T. Masters in Trans. Linn. Soc. London Vol.27 on page 627 in 1871, after Dilke's death. ^[1]

Taxonomy

Species

Known species: ^[1]

• Dilkea acuminata Mast.
• Dilkea clarkei Feuillet
• Dilkea cuneata Feuillet
• Dilkea exilis Feuillet
• Dilkea granvillei Feuillet
• Dilkea hebes Feuillet
• Dilkea lecta Feuillet
• Dilkea margaritae Cervi
• Dilkea nitens Feuillet
• Dilkea ovalis Feuillet
• Dilkea retusa Mast.
• Dilkea tillettii Feuillet
• Dilkea vanessae Feuillet

References

1. "Dilkea Mast. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
2. 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.