{{Short description|Genus of herbs}} {{Speciesbox |image = Ramo de schiekia flor.jpg |image_caption = ''Schiekia orinocensis'' |display_parents = 2 |genus = Schiekia |parent_authority = Maguire & Wurdack |species = orinocensis |authority = Maguire & Wurdack |synonyms_ref = <ref name=i/> |synonyms = * ''Troschelia'' <small>Klotzsch & M.R.Schomb.</small> * ''Wachendorfia orinocensis'' <small>Kunth</small> * ''Troschelia orinocensis'' <small>(Kunth) Klotzsch & M.R.Schomb.</small> * ''Xiphidium angustifolium'' <small>Willd. ex Link</small> * ''Schiekia flavescens'' <small>Maury</small> }}
'''''Schiekia''''' is a monotypic genus of herbs belonging to the family Haemodoraceae and first described as a genus in 1957.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95709#page/754/mode/1up Meisner, Carl Daniel Friedrich. 1842. Plantarum vascularium genera :secundum ordines naturales digesta eorumque differentiae et affinitates tabulis diagnostacis expositae 2(12): 300] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031333 Tropicos, Schiekia Meisn.]</ref> The sole recognised species, '''''S. orinocensis''''' is native to South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana). This plant grasped the minds of many scientists who tried fruitlessly to discover its purpose in the natural order.{{What?|date=June 2025}} <ref name=i>[https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=262835 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.</ref><ref>Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro</ref><ref>Maas, P. J. M. & H. Maas van de Kamer. 1993. Haemodoraceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 61: 1–44.</ref>
; Subspecies<ref name=i/> * ''Schiekia orinocensis'' subsp. ''orinocensis'' - Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname * ''Schiekia orinocensis'' subsp. ''silvestris'' <small>Maas & Stoel</small> - N Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
== Phylogeny == Comparison of homologous DNA has increased the insight in the phylogenetic relationships between the genera in the Haemodoroideae subfamily. The following trees represent those insights.<ref>{{cite journal|first1= Stephen D.|last1= Hopper|first2= Rhian J.|last2= Smith|first3= Michael F.|last3= Fay|first4= John C.|last4= Manning|first5= Mark W.|last5= Chase|year= 2009|title= Molecular phylogenetics of Haemodoraceae in the Greater Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions|journal= Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume= 51|issue= 1|pages= 19–30|doi= 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015|pmid= 19063982|bibcode= 2009MolPE..51...19H}}</ref> {{clade|style= line-height:122%|label1=subfamily Haemodoroideae |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Dilatris'' |2={{clade |1=''Lachnanthes'' |2=''Haemodorum'' }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Barberetta'' |2=''Wachendorfia'' }} |2={{clade |1=''Xiphidium'' |2='''''Schiekia''''' }} }} }} }}
== References == {{Commons category|Schiekia orinocensis}} {{Reflist}}
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Category:Haemodoraceae Category:Monotypic Commelinales genera Category:Flora of Southern America
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