Duckea is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1958.Maguire, Bassett. 1958. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 10(1): 41-45 descriptions of new taxa in Latin, commentary in EnglishTropicos, Duckea Maguire
The genus is native to South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Species Duckea cyperaceoidea (Ducke) Maguire - SE Colombia, S Venezuela (Amazonas), N Brazil (Pará, Amazonas) Duckea flava (Link) Maguire - SE Colombia, S Venezuela (Amazonas), N Brazil (Amazonas) Duckea junciformis Maguire - SE Colombia (Vaupés), S Venezuela (Amazonas) Duckea squarrosa (Willd. ex Link) Maguire - S Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar), N Brazil (Amazonas)
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