Quekettia microscopica

Quekettia microscopica

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: Quekettia
Species: Quekettia microscopica

Name

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

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Quekettia chrysantha Barb.Rodr., Vellosia, ed. 2, 1: 130 (1891)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1839. Edwards's Botanical Register 25 (Misc.): 3.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 336 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Additional references

• Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Quekettia microscopica. Accessed: 2022 Sep 6.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Quekettia microscopica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 6. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Quekettia microscopica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 6. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Quekettia microscopica. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Quekettia microscopica. Published online. Accessed: 6 Sep 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Quekettia microscopica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Sep 2022.

Vernacular names

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