Lackeya

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Diocleinae
Genus: Lackeya
Species: L. multiflora
Name

Lackeya Fortunato, L.P.Queiroz & G.P.Lewis Kew Bulletin 51(2): 365–370, f. 1. (1996)

monotypic taxon

References

Fortunato, R.H., Queiroz, L.P. de & Lewis, G.P. 1996. Kew Bulletin 51(2): 365–370, f. 1. 1996
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Lackeya. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 7 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Lackeya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Mar. 7.

Lackeya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, 'Lackeya multiflora' (Torr. & A.Gray) Fortunato, L.P.Queiroz & G.P.Lewis [2] It has the common name of Boykin's Clusterpea (Dioclea multiflora).[3]

It is a climbing herbaceous plant that grows in warm temperate to subtropical riverine woodland, woodland margins and grassland.[2]

Its native range is central and south-eastern USA. It is found in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.[2]

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.[4] The Latin specific epithet of multiflora means multiple or many flowers.[5] Both genus and species were first described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.51 on pages 365-366 in 1996.[2]

References

"Lackeya Fortunato, L.P.Queiroz & G.P.Lewis | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
"Lackeya multiflora (Torr. & A.Gray) Fortunato, L.P.Queiroz & G.P.Lewis | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.