Dilkea

Dilkea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
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 – - D. subg. Epkia
Species: D. acuminata – D. clarkei – D. cuneata – D. exilis – D. granvillei – D. hebes – D. lecta – D. margaritae – D. nitens – D. ovalis – D. retusa – D. tillettii – D. vanessae

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Dilkea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 03. Reference page.

Name

Dilkea Mast., 1871

• Type species: Dilkea retusa Mast.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional:Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional:Brazil Brazil North, Brazil West-Central Regional:Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional:Central America Panamá References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Masters, M.T. 1871. Contributions to the Natural History of the Passifloraceae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 27(4): 593–645. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1871.tb00221.x BHL Reference page. ː 27:593–645;627.

Additional references

• 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.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Dilkea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Dilkea. Published online. Accessed: March 03 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Dilkea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 03. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Dilkea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 March 2025.