Eurychone
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| image = Eurychone rothschildiana OrchidsBln0906.jpg
| image_caption = Detail of Eurychone rothschildiana flowers
| image2 = Eurychone rothschildiana (O'Brien) Schltr.jpg
| image2_caption = Immature Eurychone rothschildiana specimen in cultivation
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| taxon = Eurychone
| authority = Schltr.
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Eurychone is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The genus was founded in 1918 by Rudolf Schlechter. It contains two known species, both native to tropical Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=82941 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
- Eurychone galeandrae (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - from Ivory Coast to Angola
- Eurychone rothschildiana (O'Brien) Schltr. - from Liberia to Uganda
References
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- {{cite book | last1 = Stewart | first = Joyce | last2 = Campbell | first2 = Bob | title = Orchids of Tropical Africa | publisher = A.S. Barnes & Co. | date = 1970 | isbn = 0-498-07555-9 }}
- 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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