Pteroceras

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Pteroceras']

مصرى: بتيروسيرا
кырык мары: Птероцерас
中文: 长足兰属, 长脚兰属
中文（简体）: 长足兰属
中文（繁體）: 長足蘭屬
中文（香港）: 長足蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Aeridinae • Genus: Pteroceras Hasselt ex Hassk. (1842)

Genus Pteroceras Hasselt ex Hassk. (1842)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Ornitharium Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 188 (1851) Proteroceras J.Joseph & Vajr., J. Indian Bot. Soc. 53: 189 (1974) Proterteroceras J.Joseph & Vajr., J. Indian Bot. Soc. 53: 189 (1974)

21 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 21 October 2017):
P. asperatum, P. biserratum, P. compressum, P. erosulum, P. fragrans, P. fraternum, P. hirsutum, P. indicum, P. johorense, P. leopardinum, P. longicalcareum, P. monsooniae, P. muluense, P. muriculatum, P. nabawanense, P. philippinense, P. spathibrachiatum, P. teres, P. violaceum, P. viridiflorum, P. vriesii

Included species (for Tropicos, 21 October 2017):

P. alatum, P. appendiculatum, P. asperatus, P. berkeleyi, P. biserratum, P. caligare, P. carrii, P. chrysanthum, P. ciliatum, P. cladostachyum, P. clausum, P. compressum, P. decipiens, P. ecalcaratum, P. elobe, P. emarginatum, P. erosulum, P. fasciculatum, P. fragrans, P. fraternum, P. hirsutum, P. hirticalcar, P. iboensis, P. incurvicalcar, P. insularum, P. javanicum, P. johorense, P. laoticum, P. leopardinum, P. longicalcareum, P. loratus, P. membraniferum, P. mentakabense, P. minutiflorum, P. monsooniae, P. moorei, P. muluense, P. muriculatum, P. odoratum, P. pallidum, P. phalaenopse, P. phalaenopsis, P. philippinense, P. pricei, P. pusillus, P. pustulatum, P. radicans, P. semiteretifolium, P. siamense, P. simondianus, P. singuliflorum, P. spathibrachiatum, P. spathipetalum, P. spathulatum, P. stenoglottis, P. suaveolens, P. sumatranum, P. tanyphyllum, P. teres, P. teysmannii, P. unguiculatum, P. uniflorum, P. violaceum, P. viridiflorum, P. vriesii, P. zollingeri
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum (1960)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China South-Central.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka.
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Pteroceras.