Quekettia (Orchidaceae)

Quekettia papillosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Oncidiinae
Genus:

Overview of species (7)

Q. aureliae – Q. microscopica – Q. papillosa – Q. peruviana – Q. pygmaea – Q. senghasiana – Q. vermeuleniana

Name

Quekettia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 3 (1839)

Synonymy

  • Heterotypic
    • Stictophyllum Dodson & M.W.Chase, Icon. Pl. Trop., II, 6: t. 584 (1989), nom. illeg.
    • Stictophyllorchis Dodson & Carnevali, Lindleyana 8: 101 (1993)
    • Scolopendrogyne Szlach. & Mytnik, Richardiana 9: 205 (2009)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast, Brazil North.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

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