Huttonaea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, all native to southern Africa (South Africa and Lesotho).[1] This genus was named in honour of Caroline Hutton née Atherstone.[3]

  1. Huttonaea fimbriata (Harv.) Rchb.f.
  2. Huttonaea grandiflora (Schltr.) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey
  3. Huttonaea oreophila Schltr.
  4. Huttonaea pulchra Harv.
  5. Huttonaea woodii Schltr.
Huttonaea
Botanical illustration of Huttonaea pulchra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Huttonaeinae
Schltr.
Genus: Huttonaea
Harv.
Synonyms[1][2]

Hallackia Harv.
Huttonia Bolus

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ "Huttonaea". plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  3. ^ Desmond, Ray (1994-01-01). Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists: Including Plant Collectors, Flower Painters and Garden Designers. CRC Press. ISBN 9780850668438.
  • 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

External links edit

  Media related to Huttonaea at Wikimedia Commons   Data related to Huttonaea at Wikispecies