Corycium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Diseae
Subtribus: Coryciinae
Genus: Corycium
Overview of species (13)

C. alticola – C. bicolorum – C. bifidum – C. crispum – C. deflexum – C. dracomontanum – C. excisum – C. flanaganii – C. ingeanum – C. microglossum – C. nigrescens – C. orobanchoides – C. tricuspidatum
Name

Corycium Sw., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 220 (1800)

Type species: Corycium orobanchoides (L.f.) Sw., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 222 (1800)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Corycium range map

Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania.
South Tropical Africa
Malawi.
Southern Africa
Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Swaziland.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Corycium. Accessed: 2021 May 22.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Corycium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 22. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Corycium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 22. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Corycium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Corycium. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Corycium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 22.
https://wildorchids.co.za/html/corycium

Vernacular names

العربية: كريكيون
English: Monkshood orchids
перем коми: Корициум
коми: Корициум
мокшень: Корициум
олык марий: Корициум
кырык мары: Корициум
удмурт: Корициум

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

Corycium alticola Parkman & Schelpe - South Africa, Lesotho
Corycium bicolorum (Thunb.) Sw. - South Africa
Corycium bifidum Sond. - South Africa
Corycium carnosum (Lindl.) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey - South Africa
Corycium crispum (Thunb.) Sw. - South Africa
Corycium deflexum (Bolus) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey - South Africa
Corycium dracomontanum Parkman & Schelpe - South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Malawi
Corycium excisum Lindl. - South Africa
Corycium flanaganii (Bolus) Kurzweil & H.P.Linder - South Africa, Lesotho
Corycium ingeanum E.G.H.Oliv. - South Africa
Corycium microglossum Lindl. - South Africa
Corycium nigrescens Sond. - South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Tanzania
Corycium orobanchoides (L.f.) Sw. - South Africa
Corycium tricuspidatum Bolus - South Africa

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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.