Krukoviella

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Krukoviella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Ochnaceae
Subfamily: Ochnoideae
Tribe: Sauvagesieae
Genus: Krukoviella
A.C.Sm.
Species:
K. disticha
Binomial name
Krukoviella disticha
(Tiegh.) Dwyer
Synonyms
  • Godoya disticha(Tiegh.) Ule
  • Godoya uleiGilg ex Ule
  • Krukoviella scandensA.C.Sm.
  • Planchonella distichaTiegh.

Krukoviella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae. It has one synonym PlanchonellaTiegh. [1] The only species is Krukoviella disticha(Tiegh.) Dwyer [2]

Its native range is Peru and northern Brazil. [2]

The genus name of Krukoviella is in honour of Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898–1983), a Russian-born American botanist who collected in South America, West Africa and Sumatra. He was later a curator at the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden. [3] The Latin specific epithet of disticha refers to distichus a Greek word meaning alternately opposed or in two ranks. [4] The genus was first published in J. Arnold Arbor. Vol.20 on page 295 in 1939, [1] and the species was first published in Torreya Vol.45 on page 71 in 1945. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Krukoviella A.C.Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Krukoviella disticha (Tiegh.) Dwyer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 October 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 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 23. ISBN   9781604691962.
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