Quekettia (plant)

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Quekettia
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Quekettia papillosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Quekettia
Lindl., 1839 [1]
Type species
Quekettia microscopica
Lindl. in W.T.Aiton (1839)
Synonyms [2]
  • StictophyllumDodson & M.W.Chase 1989, illegitimate homonym, not Edgew. 1845
  • StictophyllorchisDodson & Carnevali
  • ScolopendrogyneSzlach. & Mytnik.

Quekettia is a small genus of orchids classified in the subtribe Oncidiinae. This genus is found in the humid lowlands of Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, Ecuador and Trinidad. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

The trade of these orchids is controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival [6]

The name commemorates the author and microscopist Edwin John Quekett. [7]

Species

Species accepted as of June 2014: [2]

  1. Quekettia microscopica Lindl. (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, NE Brazil)
  2. Quekettia papillosa Garay (Suriname, Pará)
  3. Quekettia pygmaea (Cogn.) Garay & R.E.Schult. (Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, Trinidad)
  4. Quekettia vermeuleniana Determann (Suriname) [8]
formerly included [2]

moved to: Capanemia

  1. Q. australis - Capanemia micromera
  2. Q. carinata - Capanemia carinata
  3. Q. duseniana - Capanemia theresae
  4. Q. longirostellata - Capanemia theresae
  5. Q. micromera - Capanemia micromera
  6. Q. theresae - Capanemia theresae

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  1. Lacmellea abbreviataJ.F.Morales - Colombia
  2. Lacmellea aculeata(Ducke) Monach - Peru, NW Brazil, the Guianas
  3. Lacmellea arborescens(Müll.Arg.) Markgr. - Brazil, Bolivia
  4. Lacmellea bahiensisJ.F.Morales - Bahia
  5. Lacmellea costanensisSteyerm. - N Venezuela
  6. Lacmellea densifoliata(Ducke) Markgr. - Pará
  7. Lacmellea edulisH.Karst. - Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  8. Lacmellea floribunda(Poepp.) Benth. & Hook.f. - Peru, NW Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana
  9. Lacmellea foxii(Stapf) Markgr. - Peru
  10. Lacmellea gracilis(Müll.Arg.) Markgr. - N Peru, NW Brazil
  11. Lacmellea guyanensis(Müll.Arg.) Monach - French Guiana
  12. Lacmellea klugiiMonach. - Peru
  13. Lacmellea macranthaJ.F.Morales - Ecuador
  14. Lacmellea microcarpa(Müll.Arg.) Markgr. - Colombia, S Venezuela, NW Brazil
  15. Lacmellea oblongataMarkgr. - SE Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  16. Lacmellea panamensis(Woodson) Markgr. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
  17. Lacmellea pauciflora(Kuhlm.) Markgr. - Brazil
  18. Lacmellea peruviana(Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.) Markgr. - Peru
  19. Lacmellea pygmaeaMonach. - Amazonas State in Venezuela
  20. Lacmellea ramosissima(Müll.Arg.) Markgr. - Colombia, S Venezuela, NW Brazil
  21. Lacmellea speciosaWoodson - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  22. Lacmellea standleyi(Woodson) Monach. - Belize, Guatemala, Honduras
  23. Lacmellea utilis(Arn.) Markgr. - S Venezuela, Guyana
  24. Lacmellea zamoraeJ.F.Morales - Costa Rica

Tassadia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native primarily to South America, with one species extending north into Central America, S Mexico, and Trinidad.

References

  1. ↑ Edwards's Botanical Register 25: Misc. 3. 1839
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  4. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. ↑ Cogniaux, Célestin Alfred. 1910. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 6: 624, Ionopsis pygmaea, synonym of Quekettia pygmaea in Trinidad
  6. ↑ CITES Appendix II
  7. ↑ Boulger, George Simonds (1896). "Quekett, John Thomas"  . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  8. ↑ Determann RO. 1981 A new species of Quekettia (Orchidaceae) from Surinam. Selbyana 5. (3 - 4): 306 - 307 (1981)
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