Pteroceras

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Pteroceras
Pteroceras semiteretifolium.jpg
Pteroceras semiteretifolium
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Pteroceras
Hasselt ex Hassk.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ornitharium Lindl. & Paxton
  • Proteroceras J.Joseph & Vajr.
  • Proterteroceras J.Joseph & Vajr.

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]

Species accepted as of June 2014:

  1. (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt - Yunnan
  2. (Ridl.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  3. (Hook.f.) H.A.Pedersen - Borneo, Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi, Philippines
  4. (Blume) Holttum - Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Thailand
  5. Priyadarshana et al. - Sri Lanka
  6. (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. - Java, Bali
  7. H.A.Pedersen - Sabah
  8. (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo
  9. (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. - Sumatra, Java
  10. (Hook.f.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  11. Punekar - Karnataka
  12. (Holttum) Holttum - Johor
  13. (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Smitinand - Yunnan, India, Indochina, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra
  14. (Ames & Rolfe) Garay - Philippines
  15. Sasidh. & Sujanapal - Kerala
  16. Schuit. & de Vogel - Sabah, Sarawak
  17. Pteroceras muriculatum (Rchb.f.) P.F.Hunt - Andaman Islands
  18. J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
  19. (Blume) Holttum - Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
  20. (Ames) Garay - Philippines
  21. H.A.Pedersen - Vietnam
  22. (Gagnep.) Aver. - Vietnam
  23. (J.J.Sm.) Garay - Sabah
  24. (Blume) Holttum - Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
  25. (Lindl.) H.A.Pedersen - Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
  26. (Ridl.) Holttum - Pahang
  27. (Thwaites) Holttum - India, Sri Lanka
  28. (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ 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. ^ 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

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