Chauliodon is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Chauliodon deflexicalcaratum, native to tropical Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Kinshasa).[1]

Chauliodon
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Genus: Chauliodon
Summerh.
Species:
C. deflexicalcaratum
Binomial name
Chauliodon deflexicalcaratum
(De Wild.) L.Jonss.
Synonyms[1]
  • Angraecum deflexicalcaratum De Wild.
  • Gussonea deflexicalcarata (De Wild.) Schltr.
  • Microcoelia deflexicalcarata (De Wild.) Summerh.
  • Chauliodon buntingii Summerh. (type species)

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References

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  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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