Plectrelminthus

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

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| image = Frederick Sander - Reichenbachia II plate 67 (1890) - Angraecum caudatum.jpg

| image_caption = Illustration by Henry Frederick Conrad Sander

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| genus = Plectrelminthus

| parent_authority = Raf.

| species = caudatus

| authority = (Lindl.) Summerh

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| synonyms =

• Angraecum caudatum Lindl
• Listrostachys caudata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
• Angorchis caudata (Lindl.) Kuntze
• Leptocentrum caudatum (Lindl.) Schltr.
• Plectrelminthus bicolor Raf.

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Plectrelminthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396. Only one species is currently accepted, Plectrelminthus caudatus, though two varieties are recognized (as of June 2014):[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=158618 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

• Plectrelminthus caudatus var. caudatus - western and central Africa from Sierra Leone to Congo-Kinshasa
• Plectrelminthus caudatus var. trilobatus Szlach. & Olszewski - Cameroon, Central African Republic