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.[1][2] It is named after the orchidologist G. C. K. Dunsterville.[3]
| Dunstervillea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Oncidiinae |
| Genus: | Dunstervillea Garay |
| Species: | D. mirabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dunstervillea mirabilis | |
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References edit
Wikispecies has information related to Dunstervillea.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Garay, Leslie Andrew, and Dunsterville, Galfrid C. K. 1972. Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Volume 1 5: 70
- ^ "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
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