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 caudatus var. caudatus - western and central Africa from Sierra Leone to Congo-Kinshasa
- Plectrelminthus caudatus var. trilobatus Szlach. & Olszewski - Cameroon, Central African Republic
| Plectrelminthus | |
|---|---|
_-_Angraecum_caudatum.jpg)
| |
| 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] | |
| |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
- ^ Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- ^ Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
- ^ 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
 | This Vandeae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |