Taxonavigation

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Diseae
Subtribus: Coryciinae
Genus: Pterygodium
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 (Thunberg) Sw. designated by K.E. Steiner, Taxon, 48: 48 (1999)

References

• Swartz, O.P. 1800. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 21: 217.
• 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
  
• Alrich, P. & Higgins,W. (2011) Orchid genera lectotypes. Lankesterina 11(1): 69—94. pdf
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Pterygodium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Aug. 5.
• Emonocot.org 2013. Pterygodium in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Sept. 19.
• Tropicos.org 2012. Pterygodium . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Nov. 14.
• International Plant Names Index. 2012. Pterygodium. Published online. Accessed 14. Nov. 2012.
• The Plant List 2013. Pterygodium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 May 28.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Pterygodium range map Continental: Africa  Regional: East Tropical Africa Tanzania. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Swaziland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Vernacular names

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