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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Dendrobieae |
| Subtribe: | Oncophyllinae |
| Genus: | Oncophyllum |
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Oncophyllum species 2 species, including: |
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Bulbophyllum |
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Oncophyllum D. L. Jones & M. A. Clem., is a genus in the orchid family Orchidaceae consisting of only two small species endemic in Australia, and previously classified as being in Bulbophyllum
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This genus was first described in 2001 by D. L. Jones and M. A. Clements[1], and "... segregated from Bulbophyllum based on tiny pseudobulbs with a small internal cavity near the apex, a single tiny bract-like leaf on each pseudobulb, single-flowered inflorescence arising from the base of a pseudobulb and small flowers with a warty ovary." They grow in many habitats ranging from very exposed to relatively sheltered. They are pollinated by insects and are fairly easy to cultivate on a hard slab with reasonably bright light, high humidity and good ventilation, and regular watering all year.[2]
Type species: Bulbophyllum minutissimum F.Muell.
The scientific name has been derived from the New Latin word onco, from Greek onkos (barbed hook); and phyllum ("one having (such) leaves or leaflike parts") from New Latin phyllum from Greek phyllon (leaf).[3]
O. globuliforme is considered "vulnerable", but O. minutissimum is widely distributed and common in Queensland and New South Wales from the Blackdown Tableland to Bateman's Bay.