Platycoryne

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Platycoryne
Overview of species (19)

P. affinis – P. alinae – P. ambigua – P. brevirostris – P. buchananiana – P. crocea – P. guingangae – P. isoetifolia – P. latipetala – P. lisowskiana – P. macroceras – P. mediocris – P. megalorrhyncha – P. micrantha – P. ochyrana – P. paludosa – P. pervillei – P. protearum – P. trilobata
Name

Platycoryne Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 212 (1855)

Type species: Platycoryne pervillei Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 212 (1855)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan.
South Tropical Africa
Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Southern Africa
Northern Provinces.
West Tropical Africa
Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone.
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Zaire.
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Reichenbach, H.G. (1855) Bonplandia, 3: 212.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 350 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Platycoryne in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Jan. 18. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2013. Platycoryne in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 5.
Tropicos.org 2013. Platycoryne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Jan. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Platycoryne. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 18 2013. Reference page.

Vernacular names
кырык мары: Платикорине

Platycoryne is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Africa and Madagascar.[1][2]

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