Platycoryne: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platycoryne
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Platycoryne
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Platycoryne
Platycoryne is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Africa and Madagascar.
- Platycoryne affinis Summerh. - Zimbabwe
- Platycoryne alinae Szlach. - Cameroon
- Platycoryne ambigua (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Tanzania
- Platycoryne brevirostris Summerh. - Angola + Zambia
- Platycoryne buchananiana (Kraenzl.) Rolfe in D.Oliver - central Africa
- Platycoryne crocea Rolfe in D.Oliver - central + eastern Africa
- Platycoryne guingangae (Rchb.f.) Rolfe in D.Oliver - central Africa
- Platycoryne isoetifolia P.J.Cribb - Zaïre + Zambia
- Platycoryne latipetala Summerh. - Zaïre + Zambia
- Platycoryne lisowskiana Szlach. & Kras - Central African Republic
- Platycoryne macroceras Summerh. - Zaïre + Zambia
- Platycoryne mediocris Summerh. - southern + eastern Africa
- Platycoryne megalorrhyncha Summerh. - Nigeria + Cameroon
- Platycoryne micrantha Summerh. - Angola + Zambia
- Platycoryne ochyrana Szlach., Mytnik, Rutk., Jerch. & Baranow - Central African Republic
- Platycoryne paludosa (Lindl.) Rolfe in D.Oliver - western Africa
- Platycoryne pervillei Rchb.f. - eastern Africa + Madagascar
- Platycoryne protearum (Rchb.f.) Rolfe in D.Oliver - central Africa
- Platycoryne trilobata Summerh. - Angola + Zambia
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Anacamptis
- Bartholina
- Benthamia
- Bonatea
- Brachycorythis
- Centrostigma
- Chamorchis
- Coenoemersa
- Cooktownia
- Cynorkis
- Dactylorhiza
- Diplomeris
- Dracomonticola
- Galearis
- Gennaria
- Gymnadenia
- Habenaria
- Hemipilia
- Herminium
- Himantoglossum
- Holothrix
- Hsenhsua
- Megalorchis
- Neobolusia
- Neotinea
- Oligophyton
- Ophrys
- Orchis
- Orchiserapias
- Pecteilis
- Peristylus
- Physoceras
- Platanthera
- Platycoryne
- Pseudorchis
- Roeperocharis
- Satyrium
- Schizochilus
- Serapias
- Silvorchis
- Sirindhornia
- Stenoglottis
- Steveniella
- Thulinia
- Traunsteinera
- Tsaiorchis
- Tylostigma
- Veyretella
- × Dactylodenia
- × Pseudorhiza
- × Serapicamptis
- × gymnanacamptis













