Oeceoclades quadriloba

Oeceoclades quadriloba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Eulophiinae
Genus:	Oeceoclades
Species:	O. quadriloba
Binomial name
	Oeceoclades quadriloba; (Schltr.) Garay & P.Taylor
Synonyms
	Eulophia quadriloba Schltr.; Eulophidium quadrilobum (Schltr.) Schltr.; Lissochilus quadrilobus (Schltr.) H.Perrier;

Oeceoclades quadriloba is a terrestrial orchid species in the genus Oeceoclades that is native to Swaziland, southern Zimbabwe, and western Madagascar.^[1] It was first described by the German botanist Rudolf Schlechter in 1913 as Eulophia quadriloba. Schlechter later moved this species to the genus Eulophidium in 1925. It was again moved to the genus Lissochilus by the French botanist Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie in 1941 and last transferred the genus Oeceoclades in 1976 by Leslie Andrew Garay and Peter Taylor. Garay and Taylor noted that structure of the labellum is unique in the genus and resembles that of an Asian genus of orchids, Grosourdya. The spur is longer than the midlobe of the labellum.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b WCSP 2015. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015-6-12
^ Garay, L.A., and P. Taylor. 1976. The genus Oeceoclades Lindl. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University 24(9): 249-274.

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[WCSP-1] WCSP 2015. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015-6-12

[Garay_and_Taylor-2] Garay, L.A., and P. Taylor. 1976. The genus Oeceoclades Lindl. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University 24(9): 249-274.

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