Ceratocentron
{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Ceratocentron fesselii Senghas, Orchidee (Hamburg) 40 90 (1989) (49220978771).jpg
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| display_parents = 4
| genus = Ceratocentron
| parent_authority = Senghas
| species = fesselii
| authority = Senghas
| synonyms= *Tuberolabium calcaratum T.Hashim.Hashimoto, Tamotsu. 1991. Annals of the Tsukuba Botanical Garden 10: 33
}}
Ceratocentron is a critically endangered monotypic genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae. It sole known species, Ceratocentron fesselii, is found at high altitudes from Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija to the Cordillera Mountain ranges on Luzon island in the Philippines. The holotype was discovered in northern Nueva Ecija. The species is rare in the wild, and remained unknown to science until 1989.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=36844 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Senghas, Karlheinz. 1989. Die Orchideen Hamburg 40: 90
It is critically endangered due to habitat degradation and collecting. According to the IUCN, over-collecting to keep up with demand in the international orchid trade has led to its decline.
References
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- {{aut|Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N.}} (Eds) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3); page 148 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-964651-7}}
External links
- [http://www.orchidspecies.com/ceratfesseli.htm IOSPE orchid photos]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120529/http://www.blackjungleterrariumsupply.com/Ceratocentron-fesselii_p_1877.html Black Jungle Terrarium Supply (Turners Falls Massachusetts USA), Ceratocentron fesselii]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115116/http://www.arkive.org/orchid/ceratocentron-fesselii/ ARKive]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140315065654/http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/ceratocentron-fesselii-senghas-1989/ The Beauty of Orchids & Flowers, Ceratocentron fesselii Senghas 1989]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114743/http://www.martine-orchids-garden.com/article-ceratocentron-fesselii-40708078.html Martine's Orchids Garden, Ceratocentron fesselii ]
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Category:Monotypic Epidendroideae genera
Category:Endemic orchids of the Philippines
Category:Species that are or were threatened by the pet trade
Category:Species that are or were threatened by logging
Category:Species that are or were threatened by slash-and-burn
Category:Species that are or were threatened by urbanization
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxa named by Karlheinz Senghas
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