| Duckesia Temporal range: Oligocene - recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Humiriaceae |
| Genus: | Duckesia Cuatrec. |
Duckesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Humiriaceae.
Its native range is Venezuela, Brazil and Peru.
The genus name of Duckesia is in honour of Adolpho Ducke (1876–1959), an entomologist, botanist and ethnographer specializing in Amazonia. It was first published and described in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. Vol.35 on page 76 in 1961.
Known species:
- Duckesia liesneri (Cuatrec.) K.Wurdack & Zartman
- Duckesia verrucosa (Ducke) Cuatrec.
References
- Herrera, Fabiany; Manchester, Steven R.; Vélez-Juarbe, Jorge; Jaramillo, Carlos (September 2014). "Phytogeographic History of the Humiriaceae (Part 2)". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 175 (7): 828–840. doi:10.1086/676818. ISSN 1058-5893. S2CID 83654581.
- ^ "Duckesia Cuatrec. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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