Oeceoclades pulchra

Oeceoclades pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Eulophiinae
Genus: Oeceoclades
Species: O. pulchra
Binomial name
Oeceoclades pulchra
(Thouars) P.J.Cribb & M.A.Clem.

Oeceoclades pulchra is a species of orchid. It is found in a wide range from Tanzania to Mozambique and in the Western Pacific.

It was previously known as Eulophia pulchra but a molecular phylogeny of the subtribe Eulophiinae published in 2014 found that this species was more closely allied with the genus Oeceoclades.[1]

Synonyms

Limodorum pulchrum Thouars (1822) is the basionym. Other synonyms include:

  • Eulophia pulchra (Thouars) Lindl.
  • Eulophia macrostachya Lindl. (1833)
  • Eulophia emarginata Blume (1859)
  • Graphorkis pulchra (Thouars) Kuntze (1891)
  • Eulophia striata Rolfe (1891)
  • Graphorkis blumeana Kuntze (1891)
  • Graphorkis macrostachya (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Graphorkis calographis Thouars (1894)
  • Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl. (1898)
  • Graphorkis bisdahliana Kuntze (1903)
  • Eulophia papuana F.M.Bailey (1907)
  • Eulophia ambaxiana J.J.Sm. (1909)
  • Eulophia guamensis Ames (1914)
  • Eulophia rouxii Kraenzl. (1914)
  • Eulophia silvatica Schltr. (1915)
  • Eulophia novoebudae Kraenzl. (1929)
  • Lissochilus pulcher (Thouars) H.Perrier (1941)
  • Eulophidium pulchrum (Thouars) Summerh. (1957)
  • Eulophidium silvaticum (Schltr.) Summerh. (1957)
  • Eulophia pulchra var. actinomorpha W.M.Lin, Kuo Huang & T.P.Lin (2006)

References

  1. Martos, F., S. D. Johnson, C. I. Peter, and B. Bytebier. 2014. A molecular phylogeny reveals paraphyly of the large genus Eulophia (Orchidaceae): A case for the reinstatement of Orthochilus. Taxon 63: 9-23.


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