Cooktownia

Cooktownia robertsii (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Cooktownia
Species: C. robertsii

Name

Cooktownia D.L.Jones, Austrobaileya 5: 74 (1997)

• monotypic taxon

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia Queensland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jones, D.L. 1997. Cooktownia robertsii, a remarkable new genus and species of Orchidaceae from Australia. Austrobaileya 5, 71-78.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cooktownia. Accessed: 2020 Dec 2.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cooktownia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 2. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cooktownia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cooktownia. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec 2020.
• The Plant List 2013. Cooktownia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 2.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cooktownia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec 2.

Vernacular names

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