Oeceoclades atrovirens

Oeceoclades atrovirens is a terrestrial orchid species in the genus Oeceoclades.[1] It was first described by the English botanist John Lindley in 1833 as Eulophia atrovirens and later transferred to the genus Oeceoclades in 1976 by Leslie Andrew Garay and Peter Taylor. Lindley based his initial description of the species on a color drawing that Nathaniel Wallich completed in 1828 for the East India Company. No specimens of this plant are known, so this species is only represented by the single illustration. Wallich indicated on the drawing that the species was seen in India, but he did not provide a specific location. The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families lists the distribution of O. atrovirens, with some uncertainty, as possibly being in India or Mauritius.[1][2]

Oeceoclades atrovirens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Oeceoclades
Species:
O. atrovirens
Binomial name
Oeceoclades atrovirens
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulophia atrovirens Lindl.
  • Graphorkis atrovirens (Lindl.) Kuntze

References
  1. WCSP 2015. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015-4-14
  2. Garay, L.A., and P. Taylor. 1976. The genus Oeceoclades Lindl. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University 24(9): 249-274.


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