Oeceoclades ambongensis

Oeceoclades ambongensis is a terrestrial orchid species in the genus Oeceoclades that is endemic to Madagascar.[1] It was first described by the German botanist Rudolf Schlechter in 1913 as Eulophidium ambongense. When Leslie Andrew Garay and Peter Taylor revised the genus Oeceoclades in 1976, they transferred this species to the expanded Oeceoclades as O. ambongensis. Garay and Taylor noted that this species could be distinguished from closely allied species, such as O. maculata by its larger flowers with subglobose (nearly spherical) spur and a bilobed callus on the labellum.[1][2]

Oeceoclades ambongensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Oeceoclades
Species:
O. ambongensis
Binomial name
Oeceoclades ambongensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulophidium ambongense Schltr.
  • Eulophia schlechteri H.Perrier
  • Lissochilus schlechteri (H.Perrier) H.Perrier

References
  1. WCSP 2015. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015-4-12
  2. Garay, L.A., and P. Taylor. 1976. The genus Oeceoclades Lindl. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University 24(9): 249-274.


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