Plectrelminthus

Plectrelminthus caudatus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Angraecinae
Genus: Plectrelminthus
Species: P. caudatus

Name

Plectrelminthus Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 42 (1838)

• monotypic taxon

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1838 ("1836"). Flora Telluriana. Pars 4. 135 pp., Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 42.

Links

• Emonocot.org 2018. Plectrelminthus in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2018 November 6.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Plectrelminthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 November 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Plectrelminthus. Published online. Accessed: 6 November 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Plectrelminthus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 November 6.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Plectrelminthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 November 2018.

Vernacular names

中文: 蠕距兰属

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