Eurychone rothschildiana is a species of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. It is the larger of the two species in the genus Eurychone, with a range extending from Liberia to Uganda, including Nigeria, Ghana, Gabon, Congo-Kinshasa, etc.[1] Its growth habit is monopodial, similar to those species in the genus Phalaenopsis. The flowers are born on short raceme and the flowers themselves are 6 cm across with a very broad lip. The flowers are white with the lip exhibiting a white frilled border with a large green blotch followed by either a brown or purple throat. There is also a 1.5 cm spur attached to the flower.[2]
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| Detail of Eurychone rothschildiana flowers | |
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| Immature Eurychone rothschildiana specimen in cultivation | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Eurychone |
| Species: | E. rothschildiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Eurychone rothschildiana (O'Brien) Schltr.
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Angraecum rothschildianum O'Brien | |
References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Stewart, Joyce; Campbell, Bob (1970). Orchids of Tropical Africa. A.S. Barnes & Co. ISBN 0-498-07555-9.
External links
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