Plectrelminthus caudatus

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Plectrelminthus caudatus']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Plectrelminthus caudatus'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Angraecinae • Genus: Plectrelminthus • Species: Plectrelminthus caudatus (Lindl.) Summerh. (1949)

Synonyms
Basionym Angraecum caudatum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1844 (1836) Homotypic synonyms Listrostachys caudata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 907 (1864) Angorchis caudata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891) Leptocentrum caudatum (Lindl.) Schltr., Die Orchideen, Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 600 (1914)

Monotypic taxon

Plectrelminthus caudatus
plant
Plectrelminthus caudatus
flowers
Plectrelminthus caudatus
flowers
Plectrelminthus caudatus
flower
Plectrelminthus caudatus
flower

Botanical illustrations

Plectrelminthus caudatus
(as syn.
Angraecum caudatum)
plate 1844 in:
Edwards's Bot. Register
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 22,
(1836)
Plectrelminthus caudatus
(as syn.
Angraecum caudatum)
plate 4370 in:
Curtis's Bot. Magazine
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 74,
(1848)
Plectrelminthus caudatus
(as syn.
Angraecum caudatum)
Plate 358 in:
R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
The Orchid Album
(1882-1897)
Plectrelminthus caudatus
(as syn.
Angraecum caudatum)
plate 67 in:
Frederick Sander:
Reichenbachia II,
(1890)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Zaire.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Plectrelminthus caudatus.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Plectrelminthus caudatus