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genus Connellia N.E.Br.

(subfam. Lindmanioideae)

Publ: Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 6: 66 (1901)

Type: Encholirium augustae Richard Schomburgk

Number of species: 6

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Genus Notes:

Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., ser. 2, 6: 66. Jan 1901.
Lecto Type Encholirion augustae R.H. Schomb., Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 18: 156. 1846, designated by L.B. Smith (in ING Card No. 00254. 1 Oct 1955). Connellia augustae (R.H. Schomb.) N.E. Br., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., ser. 2, 6: 66. Jan 1901. Currently recognized in the subfam. Pitcairnioideae. Named in honor of the Englishman V.V. McConnell, who with J.J. Quelch collected the type and C. quelchii N.E. Br. on Mt. Roraima in Guyana.
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)