Platycoryne

Platycoryne pervillei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Platycoryne

Overview of species (19)

P. affinis – P. alinae – P. ambigua – P. brevirostris – P. buchananiana – P. crocea – P. guingangae – P. isoetifolia – P. latipetala – P. lisowskiana – P. macroceras – P. mediocris – P. megalorrhyncha – P. micrantha – P. ochyrana – P. paludosa – P. pervillei – P. protearum – P. trilobata

Name

Platycoryne Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 212 (1855)

Type species: Platycoryne pervillei Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 212 (1855)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - Northern Provinces.
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Zaire.
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Reichenbach, H.G. (1855) Bonplandia, 3: 212.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 350 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0

Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Platycoryne in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Jan. 18. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2013. Platycoryne in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 5.

Tropicos.org 2013. Platycoryne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jan. 2013.

International Plant Names Index. 2013. Platycoryne. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 18 2013.

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Платикорине

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