Oligophyton is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Oligophyton drummondii, endemic to the Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe.[1][2]

Oligophyton
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Oligophyton
H.P.Linder
Species:
O. drummondii
Binomial name
Oligophyton drummondii
H.P.Linder & G.Will.
Synonyms[1]

Benthamia drummondii (H.P.Linder & G.Will.) Szlach. & Rutk.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 326. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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