Margelliantha

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]

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

Margelliantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Vandeae
Subtribe:
Aerangidinae
Genus:
Margelliantha

P.J.Cribb

See also
  • List of Orchidaceae genera

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


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