Zizkaea | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Bromeliaceae |
Subfamily: | Tillandsioideae |
Genus: |
Zizkaea W.Till & Barfuss |
Species: | Z. tuerckheimii
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Binomial name | |
Zizkaea tuerckheimii (Mez) W.Till & Barfuss
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Zizkaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. It only contains one known species, Zizkaea tuerckheimii. [1]
It is native to the Dominican Republic and Haiti on the island of Hispaniola. [1]
The genus name of Zizkaea is in honour of Georg Zizka (b. 1955), a German evolutionary botanist and also specialist in Bromeliaceae. [2] The Latin specific epithet of tuerckheimii refers to Hans von Türckheim (1853-1920), a German plant collector. [3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on page 55 in 2016. [1] [4]
Zizkaea | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Bromeliaceae |
Subfamily: | Tillandsioideae |
Genus: |
Zizkaea W.Till & Barfuss |
Species: | Z. tuerckheimii
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Binomial name | |
Zizkaea tuerckheimii (Mez) W.Till & Barfuss
|
Zizkaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. It only contains one known species, Zizkaea tuerckheimii. [1]
It is native to the Dominican Republic and Haiti on the island of Hispaniola. [1]
The genus name of Zizkaea is in honour of Georg Zizka (b. 1955), a German evolutionary botanist and also specialist in Bromeliaceae. [2] The Latin specific epithet of tuerckheimii refers to Hans von Türckheim (1853-1920), a German plant collector. [3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on page 55 in 2016. [1] [4]