# Stalkya

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{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}
{{Speciesbox
| image =
| display_parents = 4
| genus = Stalkya
| parent_authority = [Garay](/source/Leslie_Andrew_Garay)
| species = muscicola
| authority = (Garay & [Dunst.](/source/G._C._K._Dunsterville)) 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](/source/monotypic) [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s from the orchid family, [Orchidaceae](/source/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](/source/M%C3%A9rida_(state)) region of [Venezuela](/source/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](/source/G._C._K._Dunsterville).<ref name=genera/>

==See also==
* [List of Orchidaceae genera](/source/List_of_Orchidaceae_genera)

==References==
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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

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