Oeceoclades

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Oeceoclades']

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

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Eulophiinae • Genus: Oeceoclades Lindl. (1832)

Genus Oeceoclades Lindl. (1832) edit

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

40 Species edit

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 14 September 2017):

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

Included species (for Tropicos, 14 September 2017):

O. alismatophylla, O. ambongensis, O. ambrensis, O. ampullacea, O. analamerensis, O. analavelensis, O. angustifolia, O. antsingyensis, O. atrovirens, O. aurea, O. beravensis, O. bernetii, O. boinensis, O. calcarata, O. callmanderi, O. cordylinophylla, O. decaryana, O. falcata, O. flavescens, O. flexuosa, O. funalis, O. furcata, O. gracilis, O. gracillima, O. hebdingiana, O. humbertii, O. javanica, O. lanceata, O. latifolia, O. lavergneae, O. lindleyana, O. lindleyi, O. lonchophylla, O. longebracteata, O. lubbersiana, O. mackenii, O. maculata, O. monophylla, O. pandurata, O. paniculata, O. parviflora, O. perrieri, O. petiolata, O. peyrotii, O. pulchra, O. pusilla, O. quadriloba, O. rauhii, O. retzii, O. roseovariegata, O. saundersiana, O. sclerophylla, O. seychellarum, O. spathulifera, O. tenera, O. ugandae, O. zanzibarica
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl. (1833)

Oeceoclades decaryana
Oeceoclades gracillima
Oeceoclades lonchophylla
Oeceoclades maculata
Type species
Oeceoclades saundersiana

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Continental: Africa
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Sudan.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles.

References edit

Description of taxon

Lindley, J.(1832) Edwards's Botanical Register 18: sub t. 1522.

Selected Bibliography

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 9780198507130

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Oeceoclades.