''Auxopus'' is a genus of 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 belongs to the tribe Gastrodieae. Little is known about the flower structure of members of Gastrodieae, which are

saprophytic Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ( ...

. ''Auxopus'' are leafless and contain inflorescences of flowers with their sepals and petals united. ''Auxopus'' has 4 known species, native to tropical

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

and

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> #'' Auxopus kamerunensis'' Schltr. - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon #'' Auxopus letouzeyi'' Szlach. - Cameroon #'' Auxopus macranthus'' Summerh. - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo #'' Auxopus madagascariensis'' Schltr. - Madagascar

References

* Dressler, Robert L. ''The Orchids: Natural History and Classification''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981.

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Gastrodieae genera Orchids of Africa Orchids of Madagascar Gastrodieae {{Epidendroideae-stub