''Platylepis'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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. It is widespread across
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and also on various islands of the
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and
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s.
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#'' Platylepis bigibbosa'' H.Perrier - Madagascar
#'' Platylepis bombus'' J.J.Sm. - Seram
#'' Platylepis commelynae'' (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Society Islands
#'' Platylepis constricta'' (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
#'' Platylepis densiflora'' Rolfe - Réunion
#'' Platylepis geluana'' (Schltr.) Schuit. & de Vogel - New Guinea
#'' Platylepis glandulosa'' (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - widespread across tropical and southern Africa
#'' Platylepis grandiflora'' (Schltr.) Ormerod - New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Futuna
#'' Platylepis heteromorpha'' Rchb.f. - Samoa
#'' Platylepis intricata'' Schuit. & de Vogel - Papua New Guinea
#'' Platylepis lamellata'' Schltr. - New Guinea
#'' Platylepis margaritifera'' Schltr. - Madagascar
#'' Platylepis occulta'' (Thouars) Rchb.f. - Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, Seychelles
#'' Platylepis polyadenia'' Rchb.f. - Madagascar, Comoros
#'' Platylepis rufa'' (Frapp.) Schltr. - Réunion
#'' Platylepis tidorensis'' J.J.Sm. - Maluku
#'' Platylepis viscosa'' (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Réunion
#'' Platylepis xerostele'' Ormerod - Cameroon
#'' Platylepis zeuxinoides'' Schltr. - New Guinea
See also
* List of Orchidaceae genera
This is a list of genera in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), originally according tThe Families of Flowering Plants- L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz. This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the ''Orchid Research Newsletter'' which ...
References
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
* Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
External links
Cranichideae genera
Goodyerinae
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