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'''''Lueckelia''''' is a [[monotypic genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the family [[Orchidaceae]].<ref name=Genus>{{cite web |title=''Lueckelia'' Jenny {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A1008954-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The only species is '''''Lueckelia breviloba''''' {{small|(Summerh.) Jenny}}<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Lueckelia breviloba'' (Summerh.) Jenny {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1008955-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=20 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It is within the Tribe [[Cymbidieae]] and Subtribus of [[Stanhopeinae]] {{small|Benth. (1881)}}.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Whitten |first1=W. Mark |last2=Williams |first2=Norris H. |last3=Chase |first3=Mark W. |title=Subtribal and Generic Relationships of Maxillarieae (Orchidaceae) with Emphasis on Stanhopeinae: Combined Molecular Evidence |journal=American Journal of Botany |date=December 2000 |volume=87 |issue=12 |pages=1842-1856}}</ref>


The species is found in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.<ref name="POWO" />
'''''Lueckelia''''' is a [[monotypic genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the family [[Orchidaceae]]. The only species is '''''Lueckelia breviloba'''''.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Lueckelia Jenny {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A1008954-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>


The genus name of ''Lueckelia'' is in honour of Emil Lückel (b. 1927), a German botanist and taxonomist from [[Frankfurt]], who was a specialist in orchids and president of the German Orchid Society.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> The genus has one known synonym of ''Brasilocycnis'' {{small|G.Gerlach & Whitten}}<ref name=Genus/>
The species is found in Brazil to Peru.<ref name="POWO" />

The Latin [[binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] of ''breviloba'' is made of two words; 'brevi-' from ''brevis'' meaning short and also 'loba' meaning lobe. Referring to the flower petals being short.<ref>{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=184533731X }}</ref>
Both genus and species were first described and published in Austral. Orchid Rev. Vol.64 (Issue 4) on page 15 in 1999.<ref name="POWO"/>


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Lueckelia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Lueckelia
Jenny
Species:
L. breviloba
Binomial name
Lueckelia breviloba
(Summerh.) Jenny
Synonyms
  • Brasilocycnis breviloba (Summerh.) G.Gerlach & Whitten
  • Polycycnis breviloba Summerh.

Lueckelia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.[1] The only species is Lueckelia breviloba (Summerh.) Jenny[2] It is within the Tribe Cymbidieae and Subtribus of Stanhopeinae Benth. (1881).[3]

The species is found in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.[2]

The genus name of Lueckelia is in honour of Emil Lückel (b. 1927), a German botanist and taxonomist from Frankfurt, who was a specialist in orchids and president of the German Orchid Society.[4] The genus has one known synonym of Brasilocycnis G.Gerlach & Whitten[1]

The Latin specific epithet of breviloba is made of two words; 'brevi-' from brevis meaning short and also 'loba' meaning lobe. Referring to the flower petals being short.[5] Both genus and species were first described and published in Austral. Orchid Rev. Vol.64 (Issue 4) on page 15 in 1999.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lueckelia Jenny | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Lueckelia breviloba (Summerh.) Jenny | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ^ Whitten, W. Mark; Williams, Norris H.; Chase, Mark W. (December 2000). "Subtribal and Generic Relationships of Maxillarieae (Orchidaceae) with Emphasis on Stanhopeinae: Combined Molecular Evidence". American Journal of Botany. 87 (12): 1842–1856.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.