Oxysepala

Oxysepala
Oxysepala
Illustration of Oxysepala grandimesensis by Lewis Roberts
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Subtribe: '
Genus: Oxysepala
Wight Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2002)
Type species
Oxysepala ovalifolia Wight.
Wight, Icon. 5(1): 17 (1851).

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Description

The genus has the common name of Rope Orchids. It consists of about 25 species, with 8 endemic in Australia. The other species are found in SE Asia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea.[1]

"This genus was recently segregated from Bulbophyllum based on a single thick fleshy leaf on each pseudobulb, single-flowered inflorescence, and flowers produced at intervals from perennial meristems in the rhizome nodes.[2]

Plants in this genus are insect-pollinated.

Footnotes

  1. ^ A complete Guide to Native Orchids of Australia, including the island territories, p. 428. David L. Jones. 2006. New Holland Publishers, Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. 2086 Australia. ISBN 1-877069-12-4.
  2. ^ A complete Guide to Native Orchids of Australia, including the island territories, p. 428. David L. Jones. 2006. New Holland Publishers, Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. 2086 Australia. ISBN 1-877069-12-4.

References

  • Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2002) "Nomenclatural changes in the Australian and New Zealand Bulbophyllinae and Eriinae (Orchidaceae)." The Orchadian 13(11): 500
  • Clements, M.A. (2003) "Molecular phylogenetic systematics in the Dendrobiinae (Orchidaceae), with emphasis on Dendrobium section Pedilonum." Telopea 10(1): 252, Figs 1, 2
  • Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (2006) "Fourteen new taxa of Orchidaceae from northern and eastern Australia and two new combinations from New Guinea. Australian Orchid Research 5: 11

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