Eurychone

Eurychone rothschildiana (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Aeridinae
Genus: Eurychone

Overview of species (2)

E. galeandrae – E. rothschildiana

Name

Eurychone Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 134 (1918)

• Type species: Eurychone rothschildiana (O'Brien) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 135 (1918)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola. West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Cabinda, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 385 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  
• Schlechter, F.R.R. 1918. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 36(2): 134.

Additional references

• La Croix, I.F. 2001. The Genus Eurychone: Orchidaceae in Curtis's Botanical Magazine 18(3): 153-162.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Eurychone. Accessed: 2022 Jan 6.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eurychone in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 6. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eurychone in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 6. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Eurychone. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eurychone. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jan 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Eurychone. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

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