Stalkya

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}} {{Speciesbox | image = | display_parents = 4 | genus = Stalkya | parent_authority = Garay | species = muscicola | authority = (Garay & Dunst.) Garay | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WCSP"/> | synonyms = * ''Schiedeella muscicola'' <small>(Garay & Dunst.) Garay & Dunst.</small> * ''Spiranthes muscicola'' <small>Garay & Dunst.</small> }}

'''''Stalkya''''' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.<ref name=genera>Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.</ref> The sole species is '''''Stalkya muscicola''''', endemic to the Mérida region of Venezuela.<ref name="WCSP">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=196051 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> It is named after the orchidologist G. C. K. "Stalky" Dunsterville.<ref name=genera/>

==See also== * List of Orchidaceae genera

==References== {{Wikispecies}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Monotypic Orchidoideae genera Category:Cranichideae genera Category:Spiranthinae Category:Orchids of Venezuela Category:Taxa named by Leslie Andrew Garay Category:Taxa named by G. C. K. Dunsterville