Pterygodium

Genus of flowering plants in the orchid family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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Pterygodium
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]
  • Ommatodium Lindl.
  • Anochilus (Schltr.) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc.
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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

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