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Terrestrial herbs with ellipsoid or fusiform tubers. Stems leafy. Leaves often numerous and overlapping. Bracts leaf-like, longer than the flowers at least at base of inflorescence. Flowers usually mauve or purple, often with darker spots, less often cream-coloured or greenish-brown. Sepals free. Petals usually adnate at base to side of column. Basal part of lip boat-shaped, spurred or saccate; upper part flattened, usually projecting forwards.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Brachycorythis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=405
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Brachycorythis

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Brachycorythis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains approximately 40-50 species native mostly to Africa and Madagascar but also some from South and East Asia (India, Thailand, China, etc.).[1]

Species

Brachycorythis species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of July 2021:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ "Brachycorythis Lindl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001) Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 265 ff. Oxford University Press.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
  • Media related to Brachycorythis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Brachycorythis at Wikispecies
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Brachycorythis: Brief Summary

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Brachycorythis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains approximately 40-50 species native mostly to Africa and Madagascar but also some from South and East Asia (India, Thailand, China, etc.).

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