Oeceoclades zanzibarica
| Oeceoclades zanzibarica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Eulophiinae |
| Genus: | Oeceoclades |
| Species: | O. zanzibarica |
| Binomial name | |
| Oeceoclades zanzibarica (Summerh.) Garay & P.Taylor | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Oeceoclades zanzibarica is a terrestrial orchid species in the genus Oeceoclades that is endemic to eastern Tanzania in the Zanzibar Archipelago.[1] It was first described by the English botanist V.S. Summerhayes in 1927 as Eulophidium zanzibaricum and later transferred to the genus Oeceoclades in 1976 when Leslie Andrew Garay and Peter Taylor resurrected and revised that genus. The lanceolate leaves that gradually taper to a point are unique to the genus and the floral morphology is most similar to O. alismatophylla, but the two species differ in the shape of sepals and petals and the proportions of the labellum.[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: 2015-6-15
- ↑ Garay, L.A., and P. Taylor. 1976. The genus Oeceoclades Lindl. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University 24(9): 249-274.
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