Cooktownia

Cooktownia robertsii (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Cooktownia
Species: C. robertsii

Name

Cooktownia D.L.Jones, Austrobaileya 5: 74 (1997)

• monotypic taxon

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia Queensland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jones, D.L. 1997. Cooktownia robertsii, a remarkable new genus and species of Orchidaceae from Australia. Austrobaileya 5, 71-78.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cooktownia. Accessed: 2021 May 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cooktownia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cooktownia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cooktownia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cooktownia. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cooktownia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2021.

Vernacular names

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