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Oeceoclades pulchra

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Orchidaceae

Tribe
  
Cymbidieae

Scientific name
  
Eulophia pulchra

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Asparagales

Subfamily
  
Epidendroideae

Subtribe
  
Eulophiinae

Higher classification
  
Eulophia

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Similar
  
Eulophia, Orchids, Eulophia streptopetala, Orthochilus ensatus, Oeceoclades

Oeceoclades pulchra is a species of orchid. It is found in a wide range from Tanzania to Mozambique and in the Western Pacific.

It was previously known as Eulophia pulchra but a molecular phylogeny of the subtribe Eulophiinae published in 2014 found that this species was more closely allied with the genus Oeceoclades.

Synonyms

Limodorum pulchrum Thouars (1822) is the basionym. Other synonyms include:

  • Eulophia pulchra (Thouars) Lindl.
  • Eulophia macrostachya Lindl. (1833)
  • Eulophia emarginata Blume (1859)
  • Graphorkis pulchra (Thouars) Kuntze (1891)
  • Eulophia striata Rolfe (1891)
  • Graphorkis blumeana Kuntze (1891)
  • Graphorkis macrostachya (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Graphorkis calographis Thouars (1894)
  • Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl. (1898)
  • Graphorkis bisdahliana Kuntze (1903)
  • Eulophia papuana F.M.Bailey (1907)
  • Eulophia ambaxiana J.J.Sm. (1909)
  • Eulophia guamensis Ames (1914)
  • Eulophia rouxii Kraenzl. (1914)
  • Eulophia silvatica Schltr. (1915)
  • Eulophia novoebudae Kraenzl. (1929)
  • Lissochilus pulcher (Thouars) H.Perrier (1941)
  • Eulophidium pulchrum (Thouars) Summerh. (1957)
  • Eulophidium silvaticum (Schltr.) Summerh. (1957)
  • Eulophia pulchra var. actinomorpha W.M.Lin, Kuo Huang & T.P.Lin (2006)
  • References

    Oeceoclades pulchra Wikipedia