Pteroceras

Pteroceras is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.[1][2][3]

Pteroceras
Pteroceras semiteretifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Pteroceras
Hasselt ex Hassk.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ornitharium Lindl. & Paxton
  • Proteroceras J.Joseph & Vajr.
  • Proterteroceras J.Joseph & Vajr.

Species accepted as of June 2014:

  1. Pteroceras asperatum (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt - Yunnan
  2. Pteroceras biserratum (Ridl.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  3. Pteroceras cladostachyum (Hook.f.) H.A.Pedersen - Borneo, Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi, Philippines
  4. Pteroceras compressum (Blume) Holttum - Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Thailand
  5. Pteroceras dalaputtuwa Priyadarshana et al. - Sri Lanka
  6. Pteroceras decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. - Java, Bali
  7. Pteroceras erosulum H.A.Pedersen - Sabah
  8. Pteroceras fragrans (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo
  9. Pteroceras fraternum (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. - Sumatra, Java
  10. Pteroceras hirsutum (Hook.f.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  11. Pteroceras indicum Punekar - Karnataka
  12. Pteroceras johorense (Holttum) Holttum - Johor
  13. Pteroceras leopardinum (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Smitinand - Yunnan, India, Indochina, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra
  14. Pteroceras longicalcareum (Ames & Rolfe) Garay - Philippines
  15. Pteroceras monsooniae Sasidh. & Sujanapal - Kerala
  16. Pteroceras muluense Schuit. & de Vogel - Sabah, Sarawak
  17. Pteroceras muriculatum (Rchb.f.) P.F.Hunt - Andaman Islands
  18. Pteroceras nabawanense J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
  19. Pteroceras pallidum (Blume) Holttum - Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia,Indonesia, Philippines
  20. Pteroceras philippinense (Ames) Garay - Philippines
  21. Pteroceras semiteretifolium H.A.Pedersen - Vietnam
  22. Pteroceras simondianum (Gagnep.) Aver. - Vietnam
  23. Pteroceras spathibrachiatum (J.J.Sm.) Garay - Sabah
  24. Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum - Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
  25. Pteroceras unguiculatum (Lindl.) H.A.Pedersen - Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
  26. Pteroceras violaceum (Ridl.) Holttum - Pahang
  27. Pteroceras viridiflorum (Thwaites) Holttum - India, Sri Lanka
  28. Pteroceras vriesii (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo

See also

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China v 25 p 486, 长足兰属 chang zu lan shu, Pteroceras Hasselt ex Hasskarl, Flora. 25(2, Beibl.): 6. 1842.
  3. Pedersen, H. Æ. (1993), The genus Pteroceras (Orchidaceae) — a taxonomic revision. Nordic Journal of Botany, 13: 446. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00079.x


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