''Auxopus'' is a genus of the family

Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

. It belongs to the tribe

Gastrodieae Gastrodieae is an orchid tribe in the subfamily Epidendroideae. Genera Genera included in Chase et al.'s 2015 classification of orchids: * ''Auxopus ''Auxopus'' is a genus of the family Orchidaceae. It belongs to the tribe Gastrodieae. Litt ...

. Little is known about the flower structure of members of Gastrodieae, which are

saprophytic Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ( ...

. ''Auxopus'' are leafless and contain inflorescences of flowers with their sepals and petals united. ''Auxopus'' has 4 known species, native to tropical

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

and

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

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Auxopus kamerunensis ''Auxopus'' is a genus of the family Orchidaceae. It belongs to the tribe Gastrodieae. Little is known about the flower structure of members of Gastrodieae, which are saprophytic. ''Auxopus'' are leafless and contain inflorescences of flowers w ...

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Auxopus letouzeyi ''Auxopus'' is a genus of the family Orchidaceae. It belongs to the tribe Gastrodieae. Little is known about the flower structure of members of Gastrodieae, which are saprophytic. ''Auxopus'' are leafless and contain inflorescences of flowers w ...

'' Szlach. - Cameroon #''

Auxopus macranthus ''Auxopus'' is a genus of the family Orchidaceae. It belongs to the tribe Gastrodieae. Little is known about the flower structure of members of Gastrodieae, which are saprophytic. ''Auxopus'' are leafless and contain inflorescences of flowers w ...

'' Summerh. - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo #''

Auxopus madagascariensis ''Auxopus'' is a genus of the family Orchidaceae. It belongs to the tribe Gastrodieae. Little is known about the flower structure of members of Gastrodieae, which are saprophytic. ''Auxopus'' are leafless and contain inflorescences of flowers ...

'' Schltr. - Madagascar

References

* Dressler, Robert L. ''The Orchids: Natural History and Classification''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981.

External links

Gastrodieae genera Orchids of Africa Orchids of Madagascar Gastrodieae {{Epidendroideae-stub