Pteroceras Explained

Pteroceras is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Accepted Species

Species accepted as of May 2022:

1. Pteroceras asperatum (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt - Yunnan
2. Pteroceras biserratum (Ridl.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
3. Pteroceras compressum (Blume) Holttum - Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Thailand
4. Pteroceras dalaputtuwa Priyadarshana et al. - Sri Lanka
5. Pteroceras erosulum H.A.Pedersen - Sabah
6. Pteroceras fragrans (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo
7. Pteroceras fraternum (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. - Sumatra, Java
8. Pteroceras hirsutum (Hook.f.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
9. Pteroceras indicum Punekar - Karnataka
10. Pteroceras johorense (Holttum) Holttum - Johor
11. Pteroceras leopardinum (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Smitinand - Yunnan, India, Indochina, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra
12. Pteroceras longicalcareum (Ames & Rolfe) Garay - Philippines
13. Pteroceras monsooniae Sasidh. & Sujanapal - Kerala
14. Pteroceras muluense Schuit. & de Vogel - Sabah, Sarawak
15. Pteroceras muriculatum (Rchb.f.) P.F.Hunt - Andaman Islands
16. Pteroceras nabawanense J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
17. Pteroceras philippinense (Ames) Garay - Philippines
18. Pteroceras spathibrachiatum (J.J.Sm.) Garay - Sabah
19. Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum - Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
20. Pteroceras violaceum (Ridl.) Holttum - Pahang
21. Pteroceras viridiflorum (Thwaites) Holttum - India, Sri Lanka
22. Pteroceras vriesii (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo

Formerly included species

Many recently excluded species have been transferred to the genus Brachypeza. One recent transfer has been made to the genus Grosourdya.

1. Pteroceras cladostachyum (Hook.f.) H.A.Pedersen of Borneo, Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi and the Philippines is now a synonym of Brachypeza cladostachya (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.^[4]
2. Pteroceras decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. of Java and Bali is now a synonym of Grosourdya decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit.^[5]
3. Pteroceras pallidum (Blume) Holttum of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines is now a synonym of Brachypeza pallida (Blume) Kocyan & Schuit.^[6]
4. Pteroceras semiteretifolium H.A.Pedersen of Vietnam is now a synonym of Brachypeza semiteretifolia (H.A.Pedersen) Kocyan & Schuit.^[7]
5. Pteroceras simondianum (Gagnep.) Aver. of Vietnam is now a synonym of Brachypeza simondiana (Gagnep.) Kocyan & Schuit.^[8]
6. Pteroceras unguiculatum (Lindl.) H.A.Pedersen of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines is now a synonym of Brachypeza unguiculata (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit.^[9]

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=170368 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=127452 Flora of China v 25 p 486, 长足兰属 chang zu lan shu, Pteroceras Hasselt ex Hasskarl, Flora. 25(2, Beibl.): 6. 1842.
3. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00079.x/abstract Pedersen, H. Æ. (1993), The genus Pteroceras (Orchidaceae) — a taxonomic revision. Nordic Journal of Botany, 13: 446. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00079.x
4. 77138139-1 . Brachypeza cladostachya (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. . 29 May 2022.
5. 77138149-1 . Grosourdya decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. . 29 May 2022.
6. 77138140-1 . Brachypeza pallida (Blume) Kocyan & Schuit. . 29 May 2022.
7. 77138141-1 . Brachypeza semiteretifolia (H.A.Pedersen) Kocyan & Schuit. . 29 May 2022.
8. 77138142-1 . Brachypeza simondiana (Gagnep.) Kocyan & Schuit. . 29 May 2022.
9. 77138143-1 . Brachypeza unguiculata (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit. . 29 May 2022.