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, 2nd 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 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Jan. 18. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2013. Platycoryne in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 5.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Platycoryne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Jan. 18.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Platycoryne. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 18 2013.

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Платикорине

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