Oeceoclades saundersiana
| Oeceoclades saundersiana | |
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| Illustration of Oeceoclades saundersiana from Xenia Orchidacea, 1874 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Eulophiinae |
| Genus: | Oeceoclades |
| Species: | O. saundersiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Oeceoclades saundersiana (Rchb.f.) Garay & P.Taylor | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Oeceoclades saundersiana is a terrestrial orchid species in the genus Oeceoclades that is native to a large area in tropical Africa. It can be found in west tropical Africa (Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone), west-central tropical Africa (Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Gulf of Guinea islands, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo), northeast tropical Africa (Ethiopia), east tropical Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda), and south tropical Africa (Angola and Zambia).[1] It was first described by the German botanist Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach in 1866 as Eulophia saundersiana. It was later transferred to the genus Oeceoclades in 1976 by Leslie Andrew Garay and Peter Taylor. Garay and Taylor noted that O. saundersiana has a labellum with four lobes of equal size and the pseudobulb is long and cylindrical with two leaves.[2]
References
- 1 2 WCSP 2015. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015-6-13
- ↑ Garay, L.A., and P. Taylor. 1976. The genus Oeceoclades Lindl. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University 24(9): 249-274.
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