Oligophyton

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Oligophyton
Species: O. drummondii
Name

Oligophyton H.P.Linder, Kew Bull. 41: 314 (1986)

monotypic taxon

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Linder, H.P. (1986) Kew Bulletin 41: 314.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 326 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Oligophyton in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Jan. 18. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2014. Oligophyton in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Jun. 12.
Tropicos.org 2013. Oligophyton. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jan. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Oligophyton. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 18 2013. Reference page.
The Plant List 2013. Oligophyton in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Jun. 12.

Vernacular names

Oligophyton is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Oligophyton drummondii, endemic to the Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe.[1][2]
See also

List of Orchidaceae genera

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 326. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

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