Lackeya
Sign in to saveLackeya is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains two species native to North America.
Wikidata facts
Show 3 more facts
- taxon name
- Lackeya
- taxon author citation
- Fortunato, L.P.Queiroz & G.P.Lewis
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Article
2 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
Lackeya is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains two species native to North America.
The genus name of Lackeya is in honour of James A. Lackey (b. 1943), American botanist at Iowa State University and the Smithsonian Institution and also specialist in Fabaceae and Phaseoleae families of plants. The Latin specific epithet of multiflora means multiple or many flowers. Both the genus and Lackeya multiflora were first described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.51 on pages 365-366 in 1996.
Connections
North America
Entity
plant
Entity
International Standard Book Number
Entity
Wikidata
Entity
Angiosperms
Entity
binomial nomenclature
Entity
Fabaceae
Entity
digital object identifier
Entity
taxonomy
Entity
Wikispecies
Entity
tracheophyte
Entity
Fabales
Entity
Smithsonian Institution
Entity
Eudicots
Entity
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Entity
Q82486
Entity
Rosids
Entity
Faboideae
Entity
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Entity
iNaturalist
Entity