Ridleyella

Ridleyella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Ridleyella paniculata, which is endemic to New Guinea.[1][2]

Ridleyella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochileae
Genus: Ridleyella
Schltr.
Species:
R. paniculata
Binomial name
Ridleyella paniculata
(Ridl.) Schltr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Bulbophyllum paniculatum Ridl.

The genus name of Ridleyella is in honour of Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956), an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees in the Malay Peninsula.[3] The Latin specific epithet of paniculata is derived from paniculatus meaning panicled (a much-branched inflorescence).[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. Vol.1 on page 948–949 in 1913.[5]

See also

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  3. 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.
  4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
  5. "Ridleyella Schltr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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