Biology:Eulophia mechowii

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Short description: Species of orchid

Eulophia mechowii
Eulophia zeyheri.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Eulophia
Species:
E. mechowii
Binomial name
Eulophia mechowii
(Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulophia amblypetala Kraenzl.
  • Rchb.f. & Sond., nom. illeg. De Wild.
  • Hook.f. Orthochilus mechowii
  • Eulophia milanjiana Rchb.f.
  • Eulophia granducalis Rendle
  • (Hook.f.) Szlach. Eulophia praestans
  • Eulophia bicolor Kraenzl.
  • Rendle Eulophia woodii
  • Eulophia lujae Schltr.
  • Orthochilus zeyheri Eulophia zeyheri

Eulophia mechowii is a species of orchid. It is native from Nigeria to Western Ethiopia and South Africa .[1] In 2014, it was proposed that it should be transferred to the genus Orthochilus as Orthochilus mechowii.[2] (As of December 2023), Plants of the World Online did not accept the transfer.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Eulophia mechowii (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/634764-1. 
  2. Martos, Florent; Johnson, Steven D.; Peter, Craig I.; Bytebier, Benny (2014). "A molecular phylogeny reveals paraphyly of the large genus Eulophia (Orchidaceae): A case for the reinstatement of Orthochilus". Taxon 63: 9–23. doi:10.12705/631.6. 

External links

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