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
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Angraecinae
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