Tamayorkis

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Tamayorkis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Tamayorkis
Szlach.

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. [1]

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: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tamayorkis Szlach. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 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 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.