Dunstervillea

Dunstervillea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. At present (June 2014), only one species is known, Dunstervillea mirabilis, native to Venezuela (Bolívar Province) to Brazil (State of Roraima), and eastern Ecuador.^[1][2] It is named after the orchidologist G. C. K. Dunsterville.^[3]

Dunstervillea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Oncidiinae
Genus:	Dunstervillea Garay
Species:	D. mirabilis
Binomial name
Dunstervillea mirabilis Garay

The Orchidaceae family encompasses about 6–11% of all species of seed plants

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera