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genus Dyckia Schult. & Schult.f.

(subfam. Pitcairnioideae)

Publ: Syst. Veg. 7(2): lxv 1194 (1830)

Type: Dyckia densiflora Schultes filius in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. 7(2): 1194. 1830.

Number of species: 181
   and 11 infraspecific taxa
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Genus Notes:

in Roem. & Schult., Syst. veg. 7(2): lxv, 1194. Oct-Dec 1830.
Lecto Type Dyckia densiflora Schult. & Schult.f. in Roem. & Schult., Syst. veg. 7(2): lxv, 1194. Oct-Dec 1830, designated by L.B. Smith (in ING Card No. 00365. 1 Oct 1955). Currently recognized in the subfam. Pitcairnioideae. Named in honor of German (Prussian) botanist, botanical artist and horticulturist Josef Maria Franz Anton Hubert Ignatz, Fürst und Altgraf zu Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck (1773-1861) [Prince and Earl of Salm Reifferscheid-Dyck]. “Nomen in honorem serenissimi Principis Jos. ad Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck etc. etc., qui amabili scientiae templum splendidissimum in terris suis dicavit, atque innumeris nitidissimisque thesauris locupletavit.” [Name given in honor of the most serene Prince Joseph Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, who ordered the most splendid temple of loveable science in his lands, and adorned it with most glamorous treasures.]
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)