Corycium
| Monkshood orchids | |
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1838 illustration from Edwards's Botanical Register | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Orchideae |
| Subtribe: | Coryciinae |
| Genus: | Corycium Sw. |
Corycium range map
Corycium is a genus of terrestrial orchids comprising some 14 species in Eastern and Southern Africa including 10 species native to the fynbos.[1] In South Africa they are called monkshood orchids.
Their resting stage is a tuber and when growing they have many leaves scattered along the stem but concentrated near the base. The dense spikes of flowers are not particularly striking and are often brown, green or purple. The uppermost 3 tepals are connivent into a hood whilst the lateral sepals are almost united. The lip is joined to the column bearing an appendage that covers the anthers
Species[]
- Parkman & Schelpe - South Africa, Lesotho
- Corycium bicolorum (Thunb.) Sw. - South Africa
- Sond. - South Africa
- (Lindl.) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey - South Africa
- (Thunb.) Sw. - South Africa
- (Bolus) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey - South Africa
- Parkman & Schelpe - South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Malawi
- Lindl. - South Africa
- (Bolus) Kurzweil & H.P.Linder - South Africa, Lesotho
- E.G.H.Oliv. - South Africa
- Lindl. - South Africa
- Sond. - South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Tanzania
- (L.f.) Sw. - South Africa
- Bolus - South Africa
References[]
- Swartz, O. (1800) Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 21: 220.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001) Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 23 ff. Oxford University Press.
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