''Tamayorkis'' is a genus of
flowering plant
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s belonging to the family
Orchidaceae
Orchids are plants that belong to the family (biology), family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan plants that ...
.
Its native range is from
Arizona
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and
New Mexico
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to
Texas
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, USA and also
Mexico
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and
Guatemala
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in South America.
The genus name of ''Tamayorkis'' is in honour of
Roberto González Tamayo (1940–2014), Mexican engineer, botanist, and professor at the
University of Guadalajara
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.
It was first described and published in Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. Vol.3 on page 121 in 1995.
Known species
According to Kew:
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Tamayorkis ehrenbergii''
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Tamayorkis hintonii''
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Tamayorkis porphyrea''
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Tamayorkis wendtii''
References
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Malaxidinae
Malaxideae genera
Plants described in 1995
Flora of Arizona
Flora of the South-Central United States
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Guatemala