Oeceoclades lonchophylla

Oeceoclades lonchophylla is a terrestrial orchid species in the genus Oeceoclades that is native to Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, and Comoros.[1] It was first described by the German botanist Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach in 1885 as Eulophia lonchophylla, then moved to the genus Eulophidium by Rudolf Schlechter in 1925 and to the genus Lissochilus by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie in 1941. It was last transferred to the genus Oeceoclades in 1976 by Leslie Andrew Garay and Peter Taylor. Garay and Taylor also reduced the species Eulophia tainioides to a synonym of O. lonchophylla for lack of distinguishing characteristics that could separate the two species.[2]

Oeceoclades lonchophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Oeceoclades
Species:
O. lonchophylla
Binomial name
Oeceoclades lonchophylla
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulophia lonchophylla Rchb.f.
  • Eulophidium lonchophyllum (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  • Lissochilus lonchophyllus (Rchb.f.) H.Perrier
  • Eulophia tainioides Schltr.
  • Eulophia dissimilis R.A.Dyer
  • Eulophidium dissimile R.A.Dyer
  • Eulophidium tainioides (Schltr.) Summerh.

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: 2015-6-8
  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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