Oeceoclades pulchra

Oeceoclades pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Eulophiinae
Genus:	Oeceoclades
Species:	O. pulchra
Binomial name
Oeceoclades pulchra (Thouars) P.J.Cribb & M.A.Clem.

Oeceoclades pulchra is a species of orchid. It is found in a wide range from Tanzania to Mozambique and in the Western Pacific.

It was previously known as Eulophia pulchra but a molecular phylogeny of the subtribe Eulophiinae published in 2014 found that this species was more closely allied with the genus Oeceoclades.^[1]

Synonyms

Limodorum pulchrum Thouars (1822) is the basionym. Other synonyms include:

• Eulophia pulchra (Thouars) Lindl.
• Eulophia macrostachya Lindl. (1833)
• Eulophia emarginata Blume (1859)
• Graphorkis pulchra (Thouars) Kuntze (1891)
• Eulophia striata Rolfe (1891)
• Graphorkis blumeana Kuntze (1891)
• Graphorkis macrostachya (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
• Graphorkis calographis Thouars (1894)
• Eulophia dahliana Kraenzl. (1898)
• Graphorkis bisdahliana Kuntze (1903)
• Eulophia papuana F.M.Bailey (1907)
• Eulophia ambaxiana J.J.Sm. (1909)
• Eulophia guamensis Ames (1914)
• Eulophia rouxii Kraenzl. (1914)
• Eulophia silvatica Schltr. (1915)
• Eulophia novoebudae Kraenzl. (1929)
• Lissochilus pulcher (Thouars) H.Perrier (1941)
• Eulophidium pulchrum (Thouars) Summerh. (1957)
• Eulophidium silvaticum (Schltr.) Summerh. (1957)
• Eulophia pulchra var. actinomorpha W.M.Lin, Kuo Huang & T.P.Lin (2006)

References

1. Martos, F., S. D. Johnson, C. I. Peter, and B. Bytebier. 2014. A molecular phylogeny reveals paraphyly of the large genus Eulophia (Orchidaceae): A case for the reinstatement of Orthochilus. Taxon 63: 9-23.