Pachyplectron

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Pachyplectron
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Goodyerinae
Genus: Pachyplectron
Schltr.

Pachyplectron is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The genus contains three species, all endemic to New Caledonia. [1] [2] The genus is related to Odontochilus . [3]

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Species of Pachyplectron

  1. Pachyplectron aphyllum T.Hashim., Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 16: 7 (1997).
  2. Pachyplectron arifolium Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 52 (1906).
  3. Pachyplectron neocaledonicum Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 52 (1906).

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References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  3. Alvarez-Molina, A., and K. M. Cameron. (2009) Molecular Phylogenetics of Prescottinae S.l. and Their Close Allies (Orchidaceae, Cranichideae) Inferred from Plastid and Nuclear Ribosomal DNA Sequences. American Journal of Botany 96 (5): 1020–40.

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