Biology:Quekettia (plant)
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Short description: Genus of orchids
| Quekettia | |
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| Quekettia papillosa | |
Scientific classification 
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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)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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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]
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.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
- 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
- ↑ Edwards's Botanical Register 25: Misc. 3. 1839
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil [1] Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- ↑ Cogniaux, Célestin Alfred. 1910. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 6: 624, Ionopsis pygmaea, synonym of Quekettia pygmaea in Trinidad
- ↑ CITES Appendix II
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3299961 entry
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