Platylepis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Goodyerinae
Genus: Platylepis

Overview of species (20)

P. bombus – P. commelynae – P. constricta – P. densiflora – P. flaccida – P. geluana – P. glandulosa – P. goudotii – P. grandiflora – P. heteromorpha – P. hosokawae – P. intricata – P. laxa – P. leucantha – P. margaritifera – P. occulta – P. scripta – P. tidorensis – P. xerostele – P. zeuxinoides

Name

Platylepis A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 34 (1828), nom. cons.

• Type species: Platylepis occulta (Thouars) Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 62 (1876)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Coralliokyphos H.Fleischm. & Rech., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 85: 252 (1910).
  • Diplogastra Welw. ex Rchb.f., Flora 48: 183 (1865).
  • Erporkis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 10: 317 (1809), nom. rej.
  • Moerenhoutia Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 99 (1859).
  • Notiophrys Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 189 (1857)..
  • Vieillardorchis Kraenzl. in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 4: 143 (1928).

Homonyms

• Platylepis Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 269 (1837), nom. illeg. - vide: Ascolepis Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 105 (1855).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa East Tropical Africa Tanzania, Uganda. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal. West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria. West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. Western Indian Ocean Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles. Asia-Tropical  Malesia Maluku. Papuasia New Guinea. Pacific South-Central Pacific Society Islands. Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Richard, A. 1828. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 4: 34.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 136 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Platylepis. Accessed: 2024 Feb 14.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Platylepis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Feb 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Platylepis. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Feb 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Platylepis. Accessed: 14 Feb 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Platylepis. Published online. Accessed: 14 Feb 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Platylepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Feb 2024.

Vernacular names

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