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]

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.

Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]

  1. Pterygodium acutifolium Lindl. - Cape Province
  2. Pterygodium afrum (L.) Sw. - Cape Province
  3. Pterygodium alatum (Thunb.) 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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 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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