Oeceoclades

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

Overview of species (40)

O. alismatophylla – O. ambongensis – O. ambrensis – O. analamerensis – O. analavelensis – O. angustifolia – O. antsingyensis – O. atrovirens – O. aurea – O. beravensis – O. boinensis – O. calcarata – O. callmanderi – O. cordylinophylla – O. decaryana – O. flavescens – O. furcata – O. gracillima – O. hebdingiana – O. humbertii – O. lanceata – O. latifolia – O. lavergneae – O. lonchophylla – O. longebracteata – O. lubbersiana – O. maculata – O. pandurata – O. perrieri – O. petiolata – O. peyrotii – O. quadriloba – O. rauhii – O. saundersiana – O. sclerophylla – O. seychellarum – O. spathulifera – O. ugandae – O. versicolor – O. zanzibarica

Name

Oeceoclades Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1522 (1832)

Type species: Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 237 (1833)
Lectotype: Oeceoclades maculata ex Angraecum maculatum Lindl. designated by Lindley, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 36 (1859)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Eulophidium Pfitzer, Entwurf. Anordn. Orch.: 87 (1887)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Togo.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Sudan.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
- Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland,
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Seychelles †.
Asia-Tropical (doubtful)
- Indian Subcontinent (doubtful)
  - India (doubtful)
Northern America (introduced)
- Southeastern U.S.A. (introduced)
  - Florida (introduced)
- Mexico (introduced)
  - Mexico Southeast (introduced)
Southern America (introduced)
- Central America (introduced)
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama (introduced)
- Caribbean (introduced)
  - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands (introduced)
- Northern South America (introduced)
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela (introduced)
- Western South America (introduced)
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (introduced)
- Brazil (introduced)
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South (introduced)
- Southern South America (introduced)
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay (introduced)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Lindley, J. 1832. Edwards's Botanical Register 18: sub t. 1522.
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. Accessed: 2021 May 26.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oeceoclades 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 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. 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. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Oeceoclades. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Monk orchids
кырык мары: Ӧцеокладес
中文: 僧兰属, 节茎兰属