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]
Quekettia | |
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Quekettia papillosa | |
Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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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]
- Quekettia microscopica Lindl. (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, NE Brazil)
- Quekettia papillosa Garay (Suriname, Pará)
- Quekettia pygmaea (Cogn.) Garay & R.E.Schult. (Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, Trinidad)
- Quekettia vermeuleniana Determann (Suriname)[8]
- formerly included[2]
moved to: Capanemia
- Q. australis - Capanemia micromera
- Q. carinata - Capanemia carinata
- Q. duseniana - Capanemia theresae
- Q. longirostellata - Capanemia theresae
- Q. micromera - Capanemia micromera
- Q. theresae - Capanemia theresae
References
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