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Bulbophyllum is the largest genus in the orchid family Orchidaceae. With 1805 species, it is also one of the largest genera in the entire plant kingdom, exceeded only by Senecio and Euphorbia. This genus is abbreviated in the trade journals as Bulb.
This genus was first described by Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (botanical abbreviation Thouars) in his book "Histoire particulière des plantes orchidées recueillies sur les trois Iles Australes d’Afrique, de France, de Bourbon et de Madagascar", describing 17 Bulbophyllum species. There are now more than 2,800 records (accepted names and synonyms) for this genus. This large number and the great variety of its forms make this genus a real nightmare for a taxonomist : a 120 sections and subgenera have been listed. Some of these may deserve a generic status. Several species have ten synonyms ! Up to now a general review of this genus is lacking. But as Carlyle A. Luer of Missouri Botanical Garden disentangled the similar chaos in the Pleurothallidinae, so we may expect that a phylogenetic study of this genus will gain us a better insight in this large genus.
The scientific name has been derived from the Latin word bulbus (bulb-like) and the Greek word phyllon (leaf), referring to the pseudobulbs on top of which the leaf is growing.
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Bulbophyllum affine - Offers general information, classification and historical data.
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Bulbophyllum biflorum - Data and classification of this orchid from Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo.
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Bulbophyllum bisetum - Offers general information, classification and historical data.
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Bulbophyllum careyanum - Offers general information, classification and historical data.
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Bulbophyllum edwardii - Offers general information, classification and historical data.
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Bulbophyllum egantulum - Offers general information, classification and historical data.
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Bulbophyllum falcatum - Offers general information, classification and historical data.
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Bulbophyllum gibbosum - Offers general information, classification and historical data.
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Bulbophyllum grandiflorum - Offers general information, classification and historical data.
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Bulbophyllum kusukusense - Offers general information, classification and historical data.
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Bulbophyllum lepidum - Offers general information, classification and historical data.
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Bulbophyllum lilacinum - Offers general information, classification and historical data.
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