Triceratorhynchus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Vandeae |
Subtribe: | Angraecinae |
Genus: |
Triceratorhynchus Summerh. |
Type species | |
Triceratorhynchus viridiflorus Summerh.
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Triceratorhynchus is a genus of flowering plants of the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to central Africa: Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and Kenya. [2] [3] [4]
The species are dwarf epiphytes with short stems, which bear many leaves. The leaf shape is oblong or lanceolate. [5]
The inflorescences produce one to many small, spurred, inconspicuous flowers. [5]
The genus was described in 1951 by the British botanist Victor Samuel Summerhayes (1897–1974). [2] His concept of the genus only included the type species, which he described as Triceratorhynchus viridiflorus Summerh. [1] The other two species of the genus were formerly placed in Distylodon Summerh., which is a synonym of Triceratorhynchus. [2] Therefore, the genus now consists of three species. [5] [2]
The generic name Triceratorhynchus is composed of the three Greek words tri (three), keras (horn) and rhynchos (beak or snout), which refer to aspects of the floral structure. [1]
The species of this genus are not cultivated. [1]
Triceratorhynchus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Vandeae |
Subtribe: | Angraecinae |
Genus: |
Triceratorhynchus Summerh. |
Type species | |
Triceratorhynchus viridiflorus Summerh.
[1] | |
Species | |
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Triceratorhynchus is a genus of flowering plants of the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to central Africa: Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and Kenya. [2] [3] [4]
The species are dwarf epiphytes with short stems, which bear many leaves. The leaf shape is oblong or lanceolate. [5]
The inflorescences produce one to many small, spurred, inconspicuous flowers. [5]
The genus was described in 1951 by the British botanist Victor Samuel Summerhayes (1897–1974). [2] His concept of the genus only included the type species, which he described as Triceratorhynchus viridiflorus Summerh. [1] The other two species of the genus were formerly placed in Distylodon Summerh., which is a synonym of Triceratorhynchus. [2] Therefore, the genus now consists of three species. [5] [2]
The generic name Triceratorhynchus is composed of the three Greek words tri (three), keras (horn) and rhynchos (beak or snout), which refer to aspects of the floral structure. [1]
The species of this genus are not cultivated. [1]