Lueckelia

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Lueckelia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Stanhopeinae
Genus: Lueckelia
Jenny
Species:
L. breviloba
Binomial name
Lueckelia breviloba
(Summerh.) Jenny
Synonyms
  • Brasilocycnis breviloba(Summerh.) G.Gerlach & Whitten
  • Polycycnis brevilobaSummerh.

Lueckelia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. [1] The only species is Lueckelia breviloba(Summerh.) Jenny [2] It is within the Tribe Cymbidieae and Subtribus of Stanhopeinae Benth. (1881). [3]

The species is found in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. [2]

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 BrasilocycnisG.Gerlach & Whitten [1]

The Latin specific epithet of breviloba is made of two words; 'brevi-' from brevis meaning short and also 'loba' meaning lobe.[ citation needed ] 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]

References

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