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Dunstervillea

Dunstervillea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. At present, only one species is known, Dunstervillea mirabilis, native to Venezuela to Brazil, and eastern Ecuador. It is named after the orchidologist G. C. K. Dunsterville.

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Dunstervillea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Dunstervillea
Garay
Species:
D. mirabilis
Binomial name
Dunstervillea mirabilis

Dunstervillea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. At present (June 2014), only one species is known, Dunstervillea mirabilis, native to Venezuela (Bolívar Province) to Brazil (State of Roraima), and eastern Ecuador.12 It is named after the orchidologist G. C. K. Dunsterville.3

The Orchidaceae family encompasses about 6–11% of all species of seed plants

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References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Garay, Leslie Andrew, and Dunsterville, Galfrid C. K. 1972. Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Volume 1 5: 70
  3. "Biographies" (PDF). Lankesteriana. 10 (2–3): 189. 2010.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart