Ypsilopus Explained

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

Species

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

• List of Orchidaceae genera

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=215483 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. 10.5091/plecevo.107313 . A new Ypsilopus (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) from Zimbabwe and notes on the parallel evolution of extreme column exsertion in African angraecoids . 2023 . Farminhão . João . Cribb . Phillip J. . Plant Ecology and Evolution . 156 . 3 . 374–382 . free .