Pterygodium Explained

Pterygodium is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It found primarily in southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini) but one species is endemic to Tanzania.^{[1] [2]}

Species accepted as of June 2014:^[1]

1. Pterygodium acutifolium Lindl. - Cape Province
2. Pterygodium afrum (L.) Sw. - Cape Province
3. Pterygodium alatum (Thunb.) Sw. - Cape Province
4. Pterygodium catholicum (L.) Sw. - Cape Province
5. Pterygodium cleistogamum (Bolus) Schltr. - Cape Province
6. Pterygodium connivens Schelpe - Cape Province
7. Pterygodium cooperi Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Lesotho
8. Pterygodium cruciferum Sond. - Cape Province
9. Pterygodium hallii (Schelpe) Kurzweil & H.P.Linder - Cape Province
10. Pterygodium hastatum Bolus - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Lesotho, Free State, Mpumalanga, Eswatini
11. Pterygodium inversum (Thunb.) Sw. - Cape Province
12. Pterygodium leucanthum Bolus - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Lesotho
13. Pterygodium magnum Rchb.f. - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga
14. Pterygodium newdigatae Bolus - Cape Province
15. Pterygodium pentherianum Schltr. - Cape Province
16. Pterygodium platypetalum Lindl. - Cape Province
17. Pterygodium schelpei H.P.Linder - Cape Province
18. Pterygodium ukingense Schltr. - Tanzania
19. Pterygodium vermiferum E.G.H.Oliv. & Liltved - Cape Province
20. Pterygodium volucris (L.f.) Sw. - Cape Province

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=170699 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. 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.