Platylepis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Goodyerinae
Genus: Platylepis

Overview of species (19)

P. bigibbosa – P. bombus – P. commelynae – P. constricta – P. densiflora – P. geluana – P. glandulosa – P. grandiflora – P. heteromorpha – P. intricata – P. lamellata – P. margaritifera – P. occulta – P. polyadenia – P. rufa – P. tidorensis – P. viscosa – P. xerostele – P. zeuxinoides

Name

Platylepis A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 34 (1828), nom. cons.

Type species: Platylepis occulta (Thouars) Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 62 (1876)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Erporkis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 10: 317 (1809), nom. rej.
- Notiophrys Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 189 (1857)
- Moerenhoutia Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 99 (1859)
- Diplogastra Welw. ex Rchb.f., Flora 48: 183 (1865)
- Coralliokyphos H.Fleischm. & Rech., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 85: 252 (1910)

Homonym

Platylepis Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 269 (1837), nom. illeg. - vide: Ascolepis Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 105 (1855)

References

Richard, A. (1828) Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 4: 34.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 136 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9

Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Platylepis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2012 Nov. 16. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2015. Platylepis in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2015 July 22.

Tropicos.org 2012. Platylepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Nov. 2012.

International Plant Names Index. 2012. Platylepis. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 16 2012.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Sudan.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Malesia
  - Maluku.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Society Islands.
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands.

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

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