Plectrelminthus

Plectrelminthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.[2][3][4][5] Only one species is currently accepted, Plectrelminthus caudatus, though two varieties are recognized (as of June 2014):[1]

Plectrelminthus
Illustration by Henry Frederick Conrad Sander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Genus: Plectrelminthus
Raf.
Species:
P. caudatus
Binomial name
Plectrelminthus caudatus
(Lindl.) Summerh
Synonyms[1]
  • Angraecum caudatum Lindl
  • Listrostachys caudata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
  • Angorchis caudata (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Leptocentrum caudatum (Lindl.) Schltr.
  • Plectrelminthus bicolor Raf.

See also

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  3. Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  4. Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  5. Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart


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