Pterygodium

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Pterygodium
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Pterygodium catholicum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Coryciinae
Genus: Pterygodium
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Synonyms [1]
  • OmmatodiumLindl.
  • Anochilus(Schltr.) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc.

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]

  1. Pterygodium acutifolium Lindl. - Cape Province
  2. Pterygodium alatum (Thunb.) Sw. - Cape Province
  3. Pterygodium caffrum (L.) Sw. - Cape Province
  4. Pterygodium catholicum (L.) Sw. - Cape Province
  5. Pterygodium cleistogamum (Bolus) Schltr. - Cape Province
  6. Pterygodium connivens Schelpe - Cape Province
  7. Pterygodium cooperi Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Lesotho
  8. Pterygodium cruciferum Sond. - Cape Province
  9. Pterygodium hallii (Schelpe) Kurzweil & H.P.Linder - Cape Province
  10. Pterygodium hastatum Bolus - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Lesotho, Free State, Mpumalanga, Eswatini
  11. Pterygodium inversum (Thunb.) Sw. - Cape Province
  12. Pterygodium leucanthum Bolus - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Lesotho
  13. Pterygodium magnum Rchb.f. - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga
  14. Pterygodium newdigatae Bolus - Cape Province
  15. Pterygodium pentherianum Schltr. - Cape Province
  16. Pterygodium platypetalum Lindl. - Cape Province
  17. Pterygodium schelpei H.P.Linder - Cape Province
  18. Pterygodium ukingense Schltr. - Tanzania
  19. Pterygodium vermiferum E.G.H.Oliv. & Liltved - Cape Province
  20. Pterygodium volucris (L.f.) Sw. - Cape Province

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  27. Trachyandra hirsuta(Thunb.) Kunth - Cape Province
  28. Trachyandra hirsutiflora(Adamson) Oberm. - Cape Province
  29. Trachyandra hispida(L.) Kunth - Cape Province
  30. Trachyandra involucrata(Baker) Oberm. - Cape Province
  31. Trachyandra jacquiniana(Schult. & Schult.f.) Oberm. - Cape Province
  32. Trachyandra kamiesbergensisBoatwr. & J.C.Manning - Cape Province
  33. Trachyandra karrooicaOberm. - Cape Province, Namibia
  34. Trachyandra lanata(Dinter) Oberm. - Namibia
  35. Trachyandra laxa(N.E.Br.) Oberm. - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana
  36. Trachyandra malosana(Baker) Oberm. - Malawi to Zimbabwe
  37. Trachyandra mandrarensis(H.Perrier) Marais & Reilly - Madagascar
  38. Trachyandra margaretaeOberm. - Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
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  40. Trachyandra muricata(L.f.) Kunth - Cape Province, Namibia
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  2. Stenoglottis inandensisG.McDonald & D.G.A.Styles - KwaZulu-Natal
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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 1-416. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.


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