Quekettia is a small genus of orchids classified in the subtribe Oncidiinae. This genus is found in the humid lowlands of Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, Ecuador and Trinidad.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroCogniaux, Célestin Alfred. 1910. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 6: 624, Ionopsis pygmaea, synonym of Quekettia pygmaea in Trinidad
The trade of these orchids is controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival CITES Appendix II
The name commemorates the author and microscopist Edwin John Quekett.
Species Species accepted as of June 2014:
Quekettia microscopica Lindl. (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, NE Brazil) Quekettia papillosa Garay (Suriname, Pará) Quekettia pygmaea (Cogn.) Garay & R.E.Schult. (Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, Trinidad) Quekettia vermeuleniana Determann (Suriname)Determann RO. 1981 A new species of Quekettia (Orchidaceae) from Surinam. Selbyana 5. (3 - 4): 306 - 307 (1981)
formerly included moved to: Capanemia Q. australis - Capanemia micromera Q. carinata - Capanemia carinata Q. duseniana - Capanemia theresae Q. longirostellata - Capanemia theresae Q. micromera - Capanemia micromera Q. theresae - Capanemia theresae
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