Family Orchidaceae Higher classification Bulbophyllum | Scientific name Bulbophyllum gravidum Rank Species | |
Similar Bulbophyllum, Orchids, Oncophyllum globuliforme | ||
Bulbophyllum gravidum is a species of epiphytic plant in the Orchidaceae family that is found in Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon (Bioko and Mount Cameroon, respectively). Its natural habitats are in montane, subtropical or tropical dry forests, at elevations of about 1,500 meters. The Mount Cameroon habitat, in particular, is threatened by the clearing of forest for the purpose of cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) farming.
Taxonomy
B. gravidum was first described botanically in 1862 by John Lindley. It was treated by the botanist Vermeulen, however, as B. cochleatum var. gravidum (Lindl.) J.J.Verm in 1986, using B. gravidum as its basionym.
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