Calyptrochilum

Calyptrochilum
Calyptrochilum christyanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Alliance: Angraecum
Genus: Calyptrochilum
Kraenzl.
Type species
Calyptrochilum preussii (syn of C. emarginatum)
Kraenzl.

Calyptrochilum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family Orchidaceae[1] native to tropical Africa, with one species extending into Brazil.[2]

Two species are currently recognized (May 2014):[2]

  • Calyptrochilum christyanum (Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Bahia region of Brazil; Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia to Zimbabwe and Mozambique
  • Calyptrochilum emarginatum (Afzel. ex Sw.) Schltr. - Africa from Ivory Coast to Central African Republic south to Angola

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kraenzlin, Friedrich (Fritz) Wilhelm Ludwig. 1895. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 22: 30
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart


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