Oeceoclades maculata

Oeceoclades maculata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Eulophiinae
Genus: Oeceoclades
Species: Oeceoclades maculata

Name

Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 237 (1833)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Angraecum maculatum Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 15 (1821)
• Homotypic
  • Limodorum maculatum (Lindl.) Lodd., Bot. Cab. 5: t. 496 (1821)
  • Aerobion maculatum (Lindl.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 718 (1826)
  • Eulophia maculata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 647 (1863)
  • Eulophidium maculatum (Lindl.) Pfitzer, Entwurf. Anordn. Orch.: 87 (1887)
  • Graphorkis maculata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 662 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Angraecum monophyllum A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 58 (1828)
  • Epidendrum connivens Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 44 (1831)
  • Geodorum pictum Link in J.H.F.Link, J.F.Klotzsch & C.F.Otto, Icon. Pl. Rar. 1: 14 (1840), nom. illeg.
  • Eulophia monophylla (A.Rich.) S.Moore in J.G.Baker, Fl. Mauritius: 360 (1877)
  • Eulophia ledienii Stein ex N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1889: 90 (1889), orth. var.
  • Eulophia liedenii N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1889: 90 (1889)
  • Eulophia mackenii Rolfe ex Hemsl., Gard. Chron., III, 12: 583 (1892)
  • Eulophidium warneckeanum Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 70 (1902)
  • Eulophidium liedenii (N.E.Br.) De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., V, 1: 115 (1903)
  • Eulophidium mackenii (Rolfe ex Hemsl.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 593 (1915)
  • Eulophidium monophyllum (A.Rich.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 593 (1915)
  • Eulophidium nyassanum Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 593 (1915)
  • Eulophidium maculatum var. pterocarpum Hauman, Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 29: 381 (1917)
  • Oeceoclades paraguayensis Hauman, Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 1917: 29 (1917), nom. nud.
  • Oeceoclades mackenii (Rolfe ex Hemsl.) Garay & P.Taylor, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 265 (1976)
  • Oeceoclades maculata var. pterocarpa (Hauman) Garay & P.Taylor, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 267 (1976)
  • Oeceoclades monophylla (A.Rich.) Garay & P.Taylor, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 267 (1976)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal. West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. Western Indian Ocean Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1833. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 237–238.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 112 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Oeceoclades maculata. Accessed: 2021 May 26.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oeceoclades maculata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 26. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oeceoclades maculata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Oeceoclades maculata. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Oeceoclades maculata. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Oeceoclades maculata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Monk orchid

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