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Megaclinium oxypterum

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Holotype of Megaclinium oxypterum Lindl. var. mozambicense Finet [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Megaclinium oxypterum Lindl. var. mozambicense Finet [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Megaclinium oxypterum Lindl. var. mozambicense Finet [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Bulbophyllum oxypterum (Finet) DeWild. var. mozambicense [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Isotype of Megaclinium oxypterum Lindl. var. mozambicense Finet [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Bulbophyllum maximum (Lindl.) Rchb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Kowalkowska,A., Isotype of Bulbophyllum oxypterum (Finet) DeWild. [family ORCHIDACEAE ] Megaclinium oxypterum Finet [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Megaclinium oxypterum
  • Bulbophyllum oxypterum
  • Bulbophyllum maximum

Flora

Entry for Bulbophyllum oxpterun (Lindl.) Rchb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Bulbophyllum oxpterun (Lindl.) Rchb. f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Walp., Ann. 6: 258 (1861).
Megaclinium oxypterum Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], (1839)-F.T.A7: 39, partly (exclPrincipe specimen)
Bulbophyllum ciliatum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Engl., BotJahrb38: 156 (1906)
Bulbophyllum maximum [family ORCHIDACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 439, partly, not of (Lindl.) Rchbf.
Information
Rhachis green, variously spotted purple or almost entirely purple; flowers yellow with purple spots or entirely purple.
Distribution
S. L.: cult specimen!Ghana: Efiduase Cox 13!N. Nig.: Kagoma, Zaria Prov.S. Nig.: Ajagbodudu, Sapele (May, June) Wright 134! Akure F.R., Ondo (Oct.) Keay FHI 21552!W. Cam.: near Bimbia (Sept.) Schlechter 15768!
Distribution (external)
Annobon
Congo
Kenya
Tanzania
Zambia
Rhodesia
Mozambique

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