''Ceratocentron'' is a critically endangered

monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...

s in 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 sole known species, ''Ceratocentron fesselii'', is found at high altitudes from

Nueva Vizcaya Nueva Vizcaya, officially the Province of Nueva Vizcaya ( ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Vizcaya; gad, Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya; Pangasinan: ''Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya''; tl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Vizcaya ), is a landlocked province in the ...

and

Nueva Ecija Nueva Ecija, officially the Province of Nueva Ecija ( tgl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Ecija , also ; ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Ecija; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Ecija; Kapampangan: ''Lalawigan/Probinsia ning Nueva Ecija''), is a landlocked province ...

to the Cordillera Mountain ranges on

Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as ...

island in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. The holotype was discovered in northern

. The species is rare in the wild, and remained unknown to science until 1989.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Senghas, Karlheinz. 1989. Die Orchideen Hamburg 40: 90 It is critically endangered due to habitat degradation and collecting. According to the IUCN, over-collecting to keep up with demand in the international orchid trade has led to its decline.

References

* (Eds) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3); page 148 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press.

External links

IOSPE orchid photos
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140826115116/http://www.arkive.org/orchid/ceratocentron-fesselii/ ARKivebr>The Beauty of Orchids & Flowers, ''Ceratocentron fesselii'' Senghas 1989
Monotypic Epidendroideae genera Vandeae genera Aeridinae Endemic orchids of the Philippines Flora of Luzon Endangered plants Species endangered by the pet trade Species endangered by logging Species endangered by slash-and-burn Species endangered by urbanization Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Vandeae-stub