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Bulbophyllum gravidum is a species of epiphytic plant in the family Orchidaceae that is found in Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon (Bioko and Mount Cameroon, respectively). Its natural habitats are in montane, subtropical or tropical dry forests, at elevations of about 1,500 meters. The Mount Cameroon habitat, in particular, is threatened by the clearing of forest for the purpose of cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) farming.[1]

Bulbophyllum gravidum
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Dendrobieae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Species:	B. gravidum
Binomial name
Bulbophyllum gravidum Lindl.[2]
Synonyms[3]
Bulbophyllum cochleatum var. gravidum (Lindl.) J.J.Verm

Taxonomy

Bulbophyllum gravidum was first described botanically in 1862 by John Lindley.[2] It was treated by the botanist Vermeulen, however, as B. cochleatum var. gravidum (Lindl.) J.J.Verm in 1986, using B. gravidum as its basionym.[3]

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