| Krukoviella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Ochnaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ochnoideae |
| Tribe: | Sauvagesieae |
| Genus: | Krukoviella A.C.Sm. |
| Species: | K. disticha |
| Binomial name | |
| Krukoviella disticha (Tiegh.) Dwyer | |
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Krukoviella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ochnaceae. It has one synonym Planchonella Tiegh. The only species is Krukoviella disticha (Tiegh.) Dwyer
Its native range is Peru and northern Brazil.
The genus name of Krukoviella is in honour of Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898–1983), a Russian-born American botanist who collected in South America, West Africa and Sumatra. He was later a curator at the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden. The Latin specific epithet of disticha refers to distichus a Greek word meaning alternately opposed or in two ranks. The genus was first published in J. Arnold Arbor. Vol.20 on page 295 in 1939, and the species was first published in Torreya Vol.45 on page 71 in 1945.
References
- ^ "Krukoviella A.C.Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Krukoviella disticha (Tiegh.) Dwyer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 October 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.
- Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 23. ISBN 9781604691962.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Krukoviella | |
| Krukoviella disticha | |