Tamayorkis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Malaxideae |
Subtribe: | Malaxidinae |
Genus: | Tamayorkis Szlach. |
Its native range is from Arizona and New Mexico to Texas, USA and also Mexico and Guatemala in South America.[1]
The genus name of Tamayorkis is in honour of Roberto González Tamayo (1940–2014), Mexican engineer and botanist, professor at the University of Guadalajara.[2] It was first described and published in Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. Vol.3 on page 121 in 1995.[1]
Known species
editAccording to Kew:[1]
- Tamayorkis ehrenbergii (Rchb.f.) R.González & Szlach.
- Tamayorkis hintonii (Todzia) R.González & Szlach.
- Tamayorkis porphyrea (Ridl.) Salazar & Soto Arenas
- Tamayorkis wendtii (Salazar) R.González & Szlach.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Tamayorkis Szlach. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 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.