Dilkea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Passifloraceae
Subfamilia: Passifloroideae
Tribu: Passifloreae
Genus: Dilkea
Subgenus: D. subg. Dilkea

Species: D. acuminata – D. clarkei – D. granvillei – D. retusa – D. johanesii – D. margaritae

Subgenus: D. subg. Epkia

Species: D. cuneata – D. exilis – D. lecta – D. ovalis – D. tillettii – D. vanessae

Name

Dilkea Mast., 1871

Type species: Dilkea retusa Mast.

References

Masters, M.T. (1871) "Contributions to the natural history of the Passifloraceae". Trans. Linn. Soc. 27:593–645;627.
Feuillet, Christian. (2009) "Folia Taxonomica 16. Epkia, a new subgenus of Dilkea (Passifloraceae), and five new species from western Amazonia and the Guianas". J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas. 3(2):593–604.
Feuillet, Christian. (2010) "Folia taxonomica 17. Dilkea (Passifloraceae) 2. Conspectus of the species of the Guianas with three new species". J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas. 4(1):55-62.

Dilkea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae.[1]

Its native range is Southern Tropical America.[1]

The genus name of Dilkea is in honour of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet (1810–1869), an English politician.[2] It was published by Maxwell T. Masters in Trans. Linn. Soc. London Vol.27 on page 627 in 1871, after Dilke's death.[1]

Known species:[1]

Dilkea acuminata Mast.
Dilkea clarkei Feuillet
Dilkea cuneata Feuillet
Dilkea exilis Feuillet
Dilkea granvillei Feuillet
Dilkea hebes Feuillet
Dilkea lecta Feuillet
Dilkea margaritae Cervi
Dilkea nitens Feuillet
Dilkea ovalis Feuillet
Dilkea retusa Mast.
Dilkea tillettii Feuillet
Dilkea vanessae Feuillet

References

"Dilkea Mast. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 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.