Eulophia alismatophylla Rchb.f., Flora 68: 543 (1885).
Homotypic Names:
Eulophidium alismatophyllum (Rchb.f.) Summerh., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 27: 394 (1957).
Oeceoclades alismatophylla (Rchb.f.) Garay & P.Taylor, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 258 (1976).
Description:
Vegetatively the plants of this species are very similar to Oeceoclades analavierensis, Oeceoclades petiolata and Oeceoclades lonchophylla, but readily distinguishable from them in the floral structure, especially in the shape of the lip with the lateral lobes being larger than the median lobe.
Habitat:
Grows primarly in the wet tropical biome(s).
Distribution:
Comoros, NE. Madagascar
References:
Expansion of the orchid genus Eulophia (Eulophiinae; Epidendroideae) to include Acrolophia, Cymbidiella, Eulophiella, Geodorum, Oeceoclades and Paralophia by Mark W. Chase, André Schuiteman & Pankaj Kumar. Phytotaxa 491 (1): Phytotaxa 491 (1). POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Retrieved 24 November 2022."
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