Plectrelminthus caudatus

Plectrelminthus caudatus

Taxonavigation edit

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: Plectrelminthus caudatus

Name edit

Plectrelminthus caudatus (Lindl.) Summerh., Kew Bull. 4: 441. (1949)

Synonymy edit

  • Basionym
    • Angraecum caudatum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1844 (1836)
  • Homotypic
    • Listrostachys caudata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 907 (1864)
    • Angorchis caudata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891)
    • Leptocentrum caudatum (Lindl.) Schltr., Die Orchideen, Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 600 (1914)

Distribution edit

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

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