Vitekorchis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.[1]
| Vitekorchis | |
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| Vitekorchis excavata | |
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: | Vitekorchis Romowicz & Szlach. |
It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela in western South America.[1]
Known species edit
As accepted by Kew:[1]
- Vitekorchis aurifera (Rchb.f.) J.M.H.Shaw
- Vitekorchis excavata (Lindl.) Romowicz & Szlach.
- Vitekorchis lucasiana (Rolfe) Romowicz & Szlach.
- Vitekorchis vasquezii (Christenson) Romowicz & Szlach.
The genus name of Vitekorchis is in honour of Ernst Vitek (b. 1953), an Austrian botanist at the museum of natural history in Vienna.[2] It was first described and published in Polish Bot. J. Vol.51 on page 45 in 2006.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Vitekorchis Romowicz & Szlach. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ 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.