Plectrelminthus

Plectrelminthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.[2][3][4][5] Only one species is currently accepted, Plectrelminthus caudatus, though two varieties are recognized (as of June 2014):[1]

• Plectrelminthus caudatus var. caudatus - western and central Africa from Sierra Leone to Congo-Kinshasa
• Plectrelminthus caudatus var. trilobatus Szlach. & Olszewski - Cameroon, Central African Republic

Plectrelminthus
Illustration by Henry Frederick Conrad Sander
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Aerangidinae
Genus:	Plectrelminthus Raf.
Species:	P. caudatus
Binomial name
Plectrelminthus caudatus (Lindl.) Summerh
Synonyms[1]
Angraecum caudatum Lindl Listrostachys caudata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers Angorchis caudata (Lindl.) Kuntze Leptocentrum caudatum (Lindl.) Schltr. Plectrelminthus bicolor Raf.

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
3. Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
4. Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
5. Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.

• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart