Pterygodium

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Diseae
Subtribus: Coryciinae
Genus: Pterygodium
Overview of species (20)

P. acutifolium – P. alatum – P. caffrum – P. catholicum – P. cleistogamum – P. connivens – P. cooperi – P. cruciferum – P. hallii – P. hastatum – P. inversum – P. leucanthum – P. magnum – P. newdigateae – P. pentherianum – P. platypetalum – P. schelpei – P. ukingense – P. vermiferum – P. volucris
Name

Pterygodium Sw., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 217 (1800)

Type species: Pterygodium alatum (Thunb.) Sw., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 218 (1800)
Lectotype: Pterygodium catholicum (Thunb.) Sw. designated by K.E. Steiner, Taxon, 48: 48 (1999)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Ommatodium Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 365 (1838)
Anochilus (Schltr.) Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(2): 280 (1913)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Pterygodium range map

Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania.
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
References
Primary references

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 30 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
Swartz, O.P. 1800. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 21: 217.

Additional references

Alrich, P. & Higgins,W. 2011. Orchid genera lectotypes. Lankesteriana 11(1): 69—94. PDF Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pterygodium. Accessed: 2020 Sep 15.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pterygodium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 15. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pterygodium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pterygodium. Published online. Accessed: 15 Sep 2020.
The Plant List 2013. Pterygodium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 15.
Tropicos.org 2020. Pterygodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 15.

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Птеригодиум

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

Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]

Pterygodium acutifolium Lindl. - Cape Province
Pterygodium alatum (Thunb.) Sw. - Cape Province
Pterygodium caffrum (L.) Sw. - Cape Province
Pterygodium catholicum (L.) Sw. - Cape Province
Pterygodium cleistogamum (Bolus) Schltr. - Cape Province
Pterygodium connivens Schelpe - Cape Province
Pterygodium cooperi Rolfe in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Lesotho
Pterygodium cruciferum Sond. - Cape Province
Pterygodium hallii (Schelpe) Kurzweil & H.P.Linder - Cape Province
Pterygodium hastatum Bolus - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Lesotho, Free State, Mpumalanga, Swaziland
Pterygodium inversum (Thunb.) Sw. - Cape Province
Pterygodium leucanthum Bolus - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Lesotho
Pterygodium magnum Rchb.f. - Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga
Pterygodium newdigatae Bolus - Cape Province
Pterygodium pentherianum Schltr. - Cape Province
Pterygodium platypetalum Lindl. - Cape Province
Pterygodium schelpei H.P.Linder - Cape Province
Pterygodium ukingense Schltr. - Tanzania
Pterygodium vermiferum E.G.H.Oliv. & Liltved - Cape Province
Pterygodium volucris (L.f.) Sw. - Cape Province