Lackeya is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains two species native to North America.[1]
- Lackeya multiflora (Torr. & A.Gray) Fortunato, L.P.Queiroz & G.P.Lewis – southeastern United States
- Lackeya viridiflora (Rose) L.P.Queiroz – central and southwestern Mexico
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Diocleae |
| Genus: | Lackeya Fortunato, L.P.Queiroz & G.P.Lewis (1996) |
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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.[2] The Latin specific epithet of multiflora means multiple or many flowers.[3] Both the genus and Lackeya multiflora were first described and published in Kew Bull. Vol.51 on pages 365-366 in 1996.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Lackeya Fortunato, L.P.Queiroz & G.P.Lewis | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ 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 978-1845337315.