Zizkaea
Sign in to saveZizkaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. It only contains one known species, Zizkaea tuerckheimii. ==Taxonomy== The genus name of Zizkaea is in honour of Georg Zizka (b. 1955), a German evolutionary botanist and also specialist in Bromeliaceae. The Latin specific epithet of tuerckheimii refers to Hans von Türckheim (1853-1920), a German plant collector. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on page 55 in 2016. ==Distribution== It is native to the Dominican Republic and Haiti on the island of Hispanio
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Zizkaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. It only contains one known species, Zizkaea tuerckheimii. ==Taxonomy== The genus name of Zizkaea is in honour of Georg Zizka (b. 1955), a German evolutionary botanist and also specialist in Bromeliaceae. The Latin specific epithet of tuerckheimii refers to Hans von Türckheim (1853-1920), a German plant collector. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on page 55 in 2016. ==Distribution== It is native to the Dominican Republic and Haiti on the island of Hispaniola.
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