''Oeceoclades latifolia'' is a terrestrial orchid species in the genus ''

Oeceoclades ''Oeceoclades'', collectively known as the monk orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is related to '' Eulophia'' and like that genus is mostly terrestrial in habit. A few species extend into very arid en ...

'' that is endemic to São Tomé Island. It was first described by the British botanist

Robert Allen Rolfe Robert Allen Rolfe (1855, Wilford, Nottinghamshire – 1921, Richmond, Surrey) was an English botanist specialising in the study of orchids. For a time he worked in the gardens at Welbeck Abbey. He entered Kew in 1879 and became second assistant. ...

in 1891 as ''Eulophia latifolia'', then moved to the genus ''Eulophidium'' by

V.S. Summerhayes Victor Samuel Summerhayes (21 February 1897 – 27 December 1974) was an English botanist in charge of the orchid herbarium at Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew for 39 years. Summerhayes was born on 21 February 1897 at Street, Somerset and he was ...

in 1957 and again moved to the genus ''Oeceoclades'' in 1976 by

Leslie Andrew Garay Leslie Andrew Garay (August 6, 1924 - August 19, 2016), born Garay László András, was an American botanist. He was the curator of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium at Harvard University, where he succeeded Charles Schweinfurth in 1958. In 1957 h ...

and Peter Taylor. Garay and Taylor noted that ''O. latifolia'' is similar in vegetative morphology to '' O. atrovirens'' but the floral structure is more similar to '' O. ugandae''. The lateral veins on the labellum are fringed with small hairs, a characteristic that is shared with '' O. pandurata'', '' O. seychellarum'', and '' O. lanceata''.Garay, L.A., and P. Taylor. 1976
The genus ''Oeceoclades'' Lindl.
''Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University'' 24(9): 249-274.

References

latifolia Endemic flora of São Tomé and Príncipe Plants described in 1891 Flora of São Tomé Island {{Cymbidieae-stub