Lueckelia

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]

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

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. "Lueckelia Jenny | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. "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.
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