Oeceoclades zanzibarica

Oeceoclades zanzibarica is a terrestrial orchid species in the genus Oeceoclades that is endemic to eastern Tanzania in the Zanzibar Archipelago.[1] It was first described by the English botanist V.S. Summerhayes in 1927 as Eulophidium zanzibaricum and then later transferred to the genus Oeceoclades in 1976 when Leslie Andrew Garay and Peter Taylor resurrected and revised that genus. The lanceolate leaves, which gradually taper to a point, are unique to the genus and the floral morphology is most similar to O. alismatophylla. However, the two species differ in the shape of sepals and petals and in the proportions of the labellum.[2]

Oeceoclades zanzibarica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Oeceoclades
Species:
O. zanzibarica
Binomial name
Oeceoclades zanzibarica
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulophidium zanzibaricum Summerh.

References

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  1. ^ a b WCSP 2015. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015-6-15
  2. ^ Garay, L.A., and P. Taylor. 1976. The genus Oeceoclades Lindl. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University 24(9): 249-274.