Vitekorchis

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Vitekorchis
Oncidium excavatum GotBot 2015 002.jpg
Vitekorchis excavata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Vitekorchis
Romowicz & Szlach.

Vitekorchis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.[1]

It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela in western South America.[1]

Known species[]

As accepted by Kew:[1]

  • Vitekorchis aurifera (Rchb.f.) J.M.H.Shaw
  • Vitekorchis excavata (Lindl.) Romowicz & Szlach.
  • (Rolfe) Romowicz & Szlach.
  • (Christenson) Romowicz & Szlach.

The genus name of Vitekorchis is in honour of Ernst Vitek (b. 1953), an Austrian botanist at the museum of natural history in Vienna.[2] It was first described and published in Polish Bot. J. Vol.51 on page 45 in 2006.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Vitekorchis Romowicz & Szlach. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 March 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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