Oeceoclades sclerophylla

Oeceoclades sclerophylla is a terrestrial orchid species in the genus Oeceoclades that is native to Comoros and southeastern Madagascar.[1] It was first described by the German botanist Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach in 1885 as Eulophia sclerophylla. It was later transferred to the genus Oeceoclades in 1976 by Leslie Andrew Garay and Peter Taylor. Oeceoclades sclerophylla has long, linear leaves, a feature that is shared with O. analavelensis and O. quadriloba, but it differs from these species in the proportions of the size of labellum lobes.[2]

Oeceoclades sclerophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Oeceoclades
Species:
O. sclerophylla
Binomial name
Oeceoclades sclerophylla
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulophia sclerophylla Rchb.f.
  • Eulophidium sclerophyllum (Rchb.f.) Summerh.
  • Eulophia elliotii Rolfe
  • Lissochilus elliotii (Rolfe) 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: 2015-6-13
  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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