Oeceoclades maculata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Oeceoclades maculata']

• English: Monk orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Eulophiinae • Genus: Oeceoclades • Species: Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl. (1833)

Synonyms

Basionym Angraecum maculatum Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 15 (1821) Homotypic synonyms Limodorum maculatum (Lindl.) Lodd., Bot. Cab. 5: t. 496 (1821) Aerobion maculatum (Lindl.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 718 (1826) Eulophia maculata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 647 (1863) Eulophidium maculatum (Lindl.) Pfitzer, Entwurf. Anordn. Orch.: 87 (1887) Graphorkis maculata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 662 (1891) Heterotypic synonyms Angraecum monophyllum A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 58 (1828) Epidendrum connivens Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 44 (1831) Geodorum pictum Link in J.H.F.Link, J.F.Klotzsch & C.F.Otto, Icon. Pl. Rar. 1: 14 (1840) Eulophia monophylla (A.Rich.) S.Moore in J.G.Baker, Fl. Mauritius: 360 (1877) Eulophia ledienii Stein ex N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1889: 90 (1889) Eulophia liedenii N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1889: 90 (1889) Eulophia mackenii Rolfe ex Hemsl., Gard. Chron., III, 12: 583 (1892) Eulophidium warneckeanum Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 70 (1902) Eulophidium liedenii (N.E.Br.) De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., V, 1: 115 (1903) Eulophidium mackenii (Rolfe ex Hemsl.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 593 (1915) Eulophidium monophyllum (A.Rich.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 593 (1915) Eulophidium nyassanum Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 593 (1915) Eulophidium maculatum var. pterocarpum Hauman, Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 29: 381 (1917) Oeceoclades paraguayensis Hauman, Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 1917: 29 (1917) Oeceoclades mackenii (Rolfe ex Hemsl.) Garay & P.Taylor, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 265 (1976) Oeceoclades maculata var. pterocarpa (Hauman) Garay & P.Taylor, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 267 (1976) Oeceoclades monophylla (A.Rich.) Garay & P.Taylor, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 267 (1976)

Type species

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  Oeceoclades maculata
  plant with infructescences
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  Oeceoclades maculata
  plant

Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

• 
  Oeceoclades maculata
  (as syn.
  Limodorum maculatum)
  plate 496 in:
  The Botanical Cabinet
  Conrad Loddiges & Son
  London (1817-1833)
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  Oeceoclades maculata
  (as syn.
  Angraecum maculatum)
  plate 15 in:
  John Lindley:
  Collectanea botanica,
  London (1821)
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  Oeceoclades maculata
  (as syn.
  Angraecum maculatum)
  plate 618 in:
  The Botanical Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 8,
  (1822)
• 
  Oeceoclades maculata
  (as syn.
  Eulophidium maculatum)
  plate 36 in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 6
  (1904-1906)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Africa Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal. Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion.

References

Description of taxon

• Lindley, J.(1833) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 237–238.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 112 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198507130
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Oeceoclades maculata.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Oeceoclades maculata
• eMonocot link: Oeceoclades maculata
• Tropicos link: Oeceoclades maculata
• International Plant Names Index link: Oeceoclades maculata
• The Plant List link: Oeceoclades maculata