# Schiekia

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{{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](/source/monotypic_taxon) of herbs belonging to the family [Haemodoraceae](/source/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](/source/South_America) ([Brazil](/source/Brazil), [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia), [Colombia](/source/Colombia), [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Guyana](/source/Guyana), [Suriname](/source/Suriname), [French Guiana](/source/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](/source/Dilatris)''
      |2={{clade
         |1=''[Lachnanthes](/source/Lachnanthes)''
         |2=''[Haemodorum](/source/Haemodorum)''
         }}
      }}
   |2={{clade
      |1={{clade
         |1=''[Barberetta](/source/Barberetta)''
         |2=''[Wachendorfia](/source/Wachendorfia)''
         }}
      |2={{clade
         |1=''[Xiphidium](/source/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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