| Pterygodium | |
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| Pterygodium catholicum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Orchideae |
| Subtribe: | Coryciinae |
| Genus: | Pterygodium Sw. |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Pterygodium is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It found primarily in southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini) but one species is endemic to Tanzania. [1] [2]
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Species accepted as of June 2014: [1]
- Pterygodium acutifolium Lindl. - Cape Province
- Pterygodium afrum (L.) Sw. - Cape Province
- Pterygodium alatum (Thunb.) Sw. - Cape Province
- Pterygodium catholicum (L.) Sw. - Cape Province
- Pterygodium cleistogamum (Bolus) Schltr. - Cape Province
- Pterygodium connivens Schelpe - Cape Province
- Pterygodium cooperi Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Lesotho
- Pterygodium cruciferum Sond. - Cape Province
- Pterygodium hallii (Schelpe) Kurzweil & H.P.Linder - Cape Province
- Pterygodium hastatum Bolus - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Lesotho, Free State, Mpumalanga, Eswatini
- Pterygodium inversum (Thunb.) Sw. - Cape Province
- Pterygodium leucanthum Bolus - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Lesotho
- Pterygodium magnum Rchb.f. - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga
- Pterygodium newdigatae Bolus - Cape Province
- Pterygodium pentherianum Schltr. - Cape Province
- Pterygodium platypetalum Lindl. - Cape Province
- Pterygodium schelpei H.P.Linder - Cape Province
- Pterygodium ukingense Schltr. - Tanzania
- Pterygodium vermiferum E.G.H.Oliv. & Liltved - Cape Province
- Pterygodium volucris (L.f.) Sw. - Cape Province
