Duckesia

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Duckesia
Temporal range: Oligocene - recent [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Humiriaceae
Genus: Duckesia
Cuatrec.

Duckesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Humiriaceae. [2]

Its native range is Venezuela, Brazil and Peru. [2]

The genus name of Duckesia is in honour of Adolpho Ducke (1876–1959), an entomologist, botanist and ethnographer specializing in Amazonia. [3] It was first published and described in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. Vol.35 on page 76 in 1961. [2]

Known species: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Herrera, Fabiany; Manchester, Steven R.; Vélez-Juarbe, Jorge; Jaramillo, Carlos (September 2014). "Phytogeographic History of the Humiriaceae (Part 2)" . International Journal of Plant Sciences. 175 (7): 828–840. doi:10.1086/676818. ISSN   1058-5893. S2CID   83654581.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Duckesia Cuatrec. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ↑ 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.
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