Margelliantha

Genus of orchids

Margelliantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Genus: Margelliantha
P.J.Cribb

Margelliantha is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 6 known species, all native to eastern and southern Africa.[1]

Species

  • Margelliantha burttii (Summerh.) P.J.Cribb - Zaire, Rwanda
  • Margelliantha caffra (Bolus) P.J.Cribb & J.Stewart - South Africa
  • Margelliantha clavata P.J.Cribb - Tanzania
  • Margelliantha globularis P.J.Cribb - Tanzania
  • Margelliantha lebelii Eb.Fisch. & Killmann - Rwanda
  • Margelliantha leedalii P.J.Cribb - Tanzania, Kenya

See also

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • Cribbs, P.J. (1979) Kew Bulletin 34: 329.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (Eds) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3); page 405 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-964651-7

External links

  • Data related to Margelliantha at Wikispecies
Taxon identifiers
Margelliantha


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