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Ypsilopus

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Ypsilopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Genus: Ypsilopus
Summerh.

Ypsilopus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae native to Africa.[1]

Species

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  1. Ypsilopus erectus (P.J.Cribb) P.J.Cribb & J.Stewart - Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
  2. Ypsilopus leedalii P.J.Cribb - Tanzania
  3. Ypsilopus liae Delep. & J.-P.Lebel - Rwanda
  4. Ypsilopus longifolius (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Tanzania, Kenya
  5. Ypsilopus viridiflorus P.J.Cribb & J.Stewart - Tanzania
  6. Ypsilopus zimbabweensis J.Farminhão & P.J.Cribb - Zimbabwe [2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Farminhão, João; Cribb, Phillip J. (2023). "A new Ypsilopus (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) from Zimbabwe and notes on the parallel evolution of extreme column exsertion in African angraecoids". Plant Ecology and Evolution. 156 (3): 374–382. doi:10.5091/plecevo.107313.