Eulophia atrovirens Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 183 (1833)
Homotypic Synonyms
Graphorkis atrovirens (Lindl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 662 (1891)
Oeceoclades atrovirens (Lindl.) Garay & P.Taylor in Bot. Mus. Leafl. 24: 260 (1976)
Description:
This peculiar plant is known from a colored drawing prepared by Wallich in 1828 for the East India Co., now in the Kew Herbarium. Ironically, Lindley originally has written on the drawing ' Oeceoclades", then at a later time he crossed it out. So far no specimens are known to exist of this plant. Judging from the drawing, especially the floral details, it is near 0. latifolia from which it differs in having a simple raceme, rather pointed sepals and petals and a somewhat different lip.
Habitat:
Distribution:
India ? or Mauritius ?
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); POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Retrieved 26 November 2022."
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