Orchidaceae

Platycoryne Rchb.f.

First published in Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 212 (1855)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 255.
  • in Bonplandia 3: 212 (1855)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Summerhayes in Kew Bull. 13: 58–73 (1958).
  • in Bonplandia 3: 212 (1855).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Summerh. in K.B. 13: 58 (1958)
  • in Bonplandia 3: 212 (1855)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Holmes, W.D. [107] Zimbabwe K:SPC-29699.000 No
Richards, H.M. [17403] Zambia K:SPC-24640.000 No
Zambia K:SPC-34410.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3812] Zambia K:SPC-09474.000 No
Lewis, B.A. [1389] Tanzania K:SPC-60278.000 No
Ball, J.S. [759] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-20941.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3813] Zambia K:SPC-09473.000 No
Williamson, G. [341] Zambia K:SPC-01800.048 No
Fay, J.M. [7334] Central African Republic K:SPC-49105.000 No
Williamson, G. [333] Zambia K:SPC-01800.067 No
Richards, H.M. [10668] Zambia K:SPC-09498.000 No
Ash [947] Ethiopia K:SPC-36319.000 No
Kornas [2776] Zambia K:SPC-36272.000 No
[S.R.G.H. 676] Zimbabwe K:SPC-31084.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3814] Zambia K:SPC-18509.000 No
Williamson, G. [693] Zambia K:SPC-33886.000 No
Williamson, G. [674] Zambia K:SPC-33149.000 No
Bone, R.E. [329] Zambia K001418354 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [8770] Malawi K:SPC-25694.128 No
Williamson, G. [331] Zambia K:SPC-27461.032 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Orchideae: e-monocot.org

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