Krukoviella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae. It has one synonym Planchonella Tiegh.[1] The only species is Krukoviella disticha (Tiegh.) Dwyer[2]

Krukoviella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Ochnaceae
Subfamily: Ochnoideae
Tribe: Sauvagesieae
Genus: Krukoviella
A.C.Sm.
Species:
K. disticha
Binomial name
Krukoviella disticha
(Tiegh.) Dwyer
Synonyms
  • Godoya disticha (Tiegh.) Ule
  • Godoya ulei Gilg ex Ule
  • Krukoviella scandens A.C.Sm.
  • Planchonella disticha Tiegh.

Its native range is Peru and northern Brazil.[2]

The genus name of Krukoviella is in honour of Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898–1983), a Russian-born American botanist who collected in South America, West Africa and Sumatra. He was later a curator at the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden.[3] The Latin specific epithet of disticha refers to distichus a Greek word meaning alternately opposed or in two ranks.[4] The genus was first published in J. Arnold Arbor. Vol.20 on page 295 in 1939,[1] and the species was first published in Torreya Vol.45 on page 71 in 1945.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Krukoviella A.C.Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Krukoviella disticha (Tiegh.) Dwyer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 23. ISBN 9781604691962.