134.0000
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 64 (1789), nom. cons.
over 800 genera, more than 30.000 spp. worldwide, mostly tropical
Species listed in database: 30557; hybrids: 1460
= Apostasiaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833), nom. cons.
= Cypripediaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833)
= Limodoraceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam. 44 (1847)
= Liparidaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 567 (1895)
= Neottiaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 50 (1834)
= Neuwiediaceae R.Dahlgren ex Reveal & Hoogland; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 13: 91 (1991)
= Ophrydaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 566 (1895)
= Pycnanthaceae Ravenna; Onira 12(6): 29 (2011)
= Vanillaceae Lindl.; Key Bot. 73 (1835)
134.4277
Genus
Platycoryne Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 212 (1855)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, 1 to Madagascar
Species listed in database: 18
species :
Platycoryne affinis
Summerh.; Kew Bull. 13: 61 (1958)
Distribution: Zimbabwe
26 ZIM
Conservation Status: IUCN I
Synonyms: hidden
= Platycoryne affinis var. ecalcarata Fibeck; Kirkia 17(2): 146 (2000 publ. 2001)
species :
Platycoryne alinae
Szlach.; Fl. Cameroun 34: 202 (1998)
Distribution: Cameroon (Mt. Nganha)
23 CMN
Remarks: known only from type locality, collected 1976
species :
Platycoryne ambigua
(Kraenzl.) Summerh.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 33: t. 3239 (1934)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Habenaria ambigua Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 175 (1900)
species :
Platycoryne brevirostris
Summerh.; Kew Bull. 13: 68 (1958)
Distribution: E-Angola; NW-Zambia
26 ANG ZAM
species :
Platycoryne buchananiana
(Kraenzl.) Rolfe; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 257 (1897)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
23 BUR CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Habenaria buchananiana Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 247 (1894)
= Habenaria ipyanae Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 493 (1915)
= Habenaria kitimboana Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 375 (1914)
= Habenaria kitondo De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 23 (1902)
= Habenaria stolzii Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 386 (1912) [non Schltr.]
= Platycoryne kitondo (De Wild.) Summerh.; Kew Bull. [11]: 219 (1956)
species :
Platycoryne crocea
(Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 257 (1897)
subspecies :
subsp. crocea
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Kenya; Angola
23 CAF CON 25 KEN 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Habenaria crocea Schweinf. ex Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 57 (1878), nom. illeg.
subspecies :
subsp. elegantula
(Kraenzl.) Summerh.; Kew Bull. 17: 532 (1964)
Distribution: Cameroon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
23 CMN ZAI 26 MLW ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Habenaria elegantula Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 376 (1914)
= Platycoryne elegantula (Kraenzl.) Summerh.; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 414 (1936)
= Platycoryne heterophylla Summerh.; Kew Bull. 13: 69 (1958)
subspecies :
subsp. montis-elgon
(Schltr.) Summerh.; Kew Bull. 17: 533 (1964)
Distribution: South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya
24 ETH SSU 25 KEN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Habenaria montis-elgon Schltr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 225 (1922)
= Platycoryne montis-elgon (Schltr.) Summerh.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 508 (1932)
subspecies :
subsp. ochrantha
(Schltr.) Summerh.; Kew Bull. 17: 533 (1964)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia
25 TAN 26 ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Habenaria ochrantha Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 494 (1915)
= Platycoryne ochrantha (Schltr.) Summerh.; Kew Bull. [3]: 125 (1947 publ. 1948)
species :
Platycoryne guingangae
(Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 258 (1897)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; ?E-Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia
23 CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Habenaria guingangae Rchb.f.; Flora 48: 179 (1865)
= Habenaria poggeana Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 207 (1892)
= Platycoryne poggeana (Kraenzl.) Rolfe; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 258 (1898)
species :
Platycoryne isoetifolia
P.J.Cribb; Kew Bull. 32(1): 141 (1977)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia
23 ZAI 26 ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Platycoryne robynsiana Geerinck; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 52 (34): 345 (1982)
species :
Platycoryne latipetala
Summerh.; Kew Bull. 13: 64 (1958)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia; Angola
23 ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
variant :
var. grandiflora
(Summerh.) Geerinck; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 52 (34): 345 (1982)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Platycoryne grandiflora Summerh.; Kew Bull. 13: 65 (1958)
species :
Platycoryne lisowskiana
Szlach. & Kras; Polish Bot. J. 53(2): 103 (2008)
Distribution: Central African Republic
23 CAF
Remarks: status uncertain, possibly a synonym or variant of P. paludosa. Last collected 1985
species :
Platycoryne macroceras
Summerh.; Kew Bull. 13: 66 (1958)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia
23 ZAI 26 ZAM
species :
Platycoryne mediocris
Summerh.; Kew Bull. 13: 72 (1958)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 BUR ZAI 25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
species :
Platycoryne megalorrhyncha
Summerh.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 250 (1933)
Distribution: SE-Nigeria; W-Cameroon
22 NGA 23 CMN
species :
Platycoryne micrantha
Summerh.; Kew Bull. 13: 71 (1958)
Distribution: E-Angola; Zambia
26 ANG ZAM
species :
Platycoryne ochyrana
Szlach., Mytnik, Rutk., Jerch. & Baranow; Richardiana 10(3): 132 (2010)
Distribution: Central African Republic
23 CAF
Remarks: status doubtful, possibly a synonym of P. crocea or P. paludosa
species :
Platycoryne paludosa
(Lindl.) Rolfe; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 256 (1897)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Central African Republic; S-Chad
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN SIE 23 CAF CMN GAB 24 CHA
Synonyms: hidden
= Habenaria aurea Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 209 (1893)
= Habenaria paludosa Lindl.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 139 (1862)
= Habenaria wilfordii Ridl.; J. Bot. 24: 295 (1886)
= Platycoryne aurea (Kraenzl.) Rolfe; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 256 (1897)
= Platycoryne wilfordii (Ridl.) Rolfe; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 256 (1897)
species :
Platycoryne pervillei
Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 212 (1855)
Distribution: Kenya; Pemba Isl.; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar (Antsiranana, Toamasina)
25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Habenaria buchwaldiana Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 503 (1898)
= Habenaria depauperata Kraenzl.; Abh. Naturwiss. Verein Bremen 7: 259 (1882)
= Habenaria flammea Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 173 (1900)
= Habenaria pervillei (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 209 (1893)
= Habenaria tenuicaulis Rendle; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 396 (1895)
= Platycoryne tenuicaulis (Rendle) Rolfe; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 257 (1898)
species :
Platycoryne protearum
(Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 7: 258 (1897)
Distribution: SE-D.R. Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Habenaria paludosa Rchb.f.; Flora 48: 178 (1865), nom. illeg.
= Habenaria protearum Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 1: 57 (1878)
= Habenaria ukingensis Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 494 (1915)
= Platycoryne ukingensis (Schltr.) Summerh.; Kew Bull. 13: 61 (1958)
variant :
var. recurvirostrum
G.Will.; Pl. Syst. Evol. 134(12): 60 (1980)
Distribution: Zambia
26 ZAM
