Pteroceras is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of China v 25 p 486, 长足兰属 chang zu lan shu, Pteroceras Hasselt ex Hasskarl, Flora. 25(2, Beibl.): 6. 1842. 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
Accepted Species Species accepted as of May 2022:
Pteroceras asperatum (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt - Yunnan Pteroceras biserratum (Ridl.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra Pteroceras compressum (Blume) Holttum - Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Thailand Pteroceras dalaputtuwa Priyadarshana et al. - Sri Lanka Pteroceras erosulum H.A.Pedersen - Sabah Pteroceras fragrans (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo Pteroceras fraternum (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. - Sumatra, Java Pteroceras hirsutum (Hook.f.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra Pteroceras indicum Punekar - Karnataka Pteroceras johorense (Holttum) Holttum - Johor Pteroceras leopardinum (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Smitinand - Yunnan, India, Indochina, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra Pteroceras longicalcareum (Ames & Rolfe) Garay - Philippines Pteroceras monsooniae Sasidh. & Sujanapal - Kerala Pteroceras muluense Schuit. & de Vogel - Sabah, Sarawak Pteroceras muriculatum (Rchb.f.) P.F.Hunt - Andaman Islands Pteroceras nabawanense J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah Pteroceras philippinense (Ames) Garay - Philippines Pteroceras spathibrachiatum (J.J.Sm.) Garay - Sabah Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum - Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines Pteroceras violaceum (Ridl.) Holttum - Pahang Pteroceras viridiflorum (Thwaites) Holttum - India, Sri Lanka Pteroceras vriesii (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo
Formerly included species Many recently excluded species have been transferred to the genus Brachypeza. One recent transfer has been made to the genus Grosourdya. Pteroceras cladostachyum (Hook.f.) H.A.Pedersen of Borneo, Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi and the Philippines is now a synonym of Brachypeza cladostachya (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. Pteroceras decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. of Java and Bali is now a synonym of Grosourdya decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. Pteroceras pallidum (Blume) Holttum of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines is now a synonym of Brachypeza pallida (Blume) Kocyan & Schuit. Pteroceras semiteretifolium H.A.Pedersen of Vietnam is now a synonym of Brachypeza semiteretifolia (H.A.Pedersen) Kocyan & Schuit. Pteroceras simondianum (Gagnep.) Aver. of Vietnam is now a synonym of Brachypeza simondiana (Gagnep.) Kocyan & Schuit. Pteroceras unguiculatum (Lindl.) H.A.Pedersen of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines is now a synonym of Brachypeza unguiculata (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit.
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
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