Pteroceras

Pteroceras is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.

Accepted Species
Species accepted as of May 2022:


 * 1) Pteroceras asperatum (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt - Yunnan
 * 2) Pteroceras biserratum (Ridl.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
 * 3) Pteroceras compressum (Blume) Holttum - Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Thailand
 * 4) Pteroceras dalaputtuwa Priyadarshana et al. - Sri Lanka
 * 5) Pteroceras erosulum H.A.Pedersen - Sabah
 * 6) Pteroceras fragrans (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo
 * 7) Pteroceras fraternum (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. - Sumatra, Java
 * 8) Pteroceras hirsutum (Hook.f.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
 * 9) Pteroceras indicum Punekar - Karnataka
 * 10) Pteroceras johorense (Holttum) Holttum - Johor
 * 11) Pteroceras leopardinum (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Smitinand - Yunnan, India, Indochina, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra
 * 12) Pteroceras longicalcareum (Ames & Rolfe) Garay - Philippines
 * 13) Pteroceras monsooniae Sasidh. & Sujanapal - Kerala
 * 14) Pteroceras muluense Schuit. & de Vogel - Sabah, Sarawak
 * 15) Pteroceras muriculatum (Rchb.f.) P.F.Hunt - Andaman Islands
 * 16) Pteroceras nabawanense J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
 * 17) Pteroceras philippinense (Ames) Garay - Philippines
 * 18) Pteroceras spathibrachiatum (J.J.Sm.) Garay - Sabah
 * 19) Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum - Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
 * 20) Pteroceras violaceum (Ridl.) Holttum - Pahang
 * 21) Pteroceras viridiflorum (Thwaites) Holttum - India, Sri Lanka
 * 22) 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.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2) Pteroceras decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. of Java and Bali is now a synonym of Grosourdya decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit.
 * 3) Pteroceras pallidum (Blume) Holttum of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines is now a synonym of Brachypeza pallida (Blume) Kocyan & Schuit.
 * 4) Pteroceras semiteretifolium H.A.Pedersen of Vietnam is now a synonym of Brachypeza semiteretifolia (H.A.Pedersen) Kocyan & Schuit.
 * 5) Pteroceras simondianum (Gagnep.) Aver. of Vietnam is now a synonym of Brachypeza simondiana (Gagnep.) Kocyan & Schuit.
 * 6) 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.