Duckesia

Duckesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Humiriaceae
Genus:	Duckesia; Cuatrec.

Duckesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Humiriaceae.^[1]

Its native range is Venezuela, Brazil and Peru.^[1]

The genus name of Duckesia is in honour of Adolpho Ducke (1876–1959), an entomologist, botanist and ethnographer specializing in Amazonia.^[2] It was first published and described in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. Vol.35 on page 76 in 1961.^[1]

Known species:^[1]

(Cuatrec.) K.Wurdack & Zartman
(Ducke) Cuatrec.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Duckesia Cuatrec. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[POWO-1] "Duckesia Cuatrec. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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