Duckea

Duckea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Rapateaceae
Genus: Duckea
Maguire
Type species
Duckea cyperaceoidea
(Ducke) Maguire

Duckea is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1958.[1][2]

The genus is endemic to South America.[3]

species[3]
  1. Duckea cyperaceoidea (Ducke) Maguire - SE Colombia, S Venezuela (Amazonas), N Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
  2. Duckea flava (Link) Maguire - SE Colombia, S Venezuela (Amazonas), N Brazil (Amazonas)
  3. Duckea junciformis Maguire - SE Colombia (Vaupés), S Venezuela (Amazonas)
  4. Duckea squarrosa (Willd. ex Link) Maguire - S Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar), N Brazil (Amazonas)

References

  1. ↑ Maguire, Bassett. 1958. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 10(1): 41-45 descriptions of new taxa in Latin, commentary in English
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Duckea Maguire
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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