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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Brachycorythis

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Orchidaceae

Thirty-three species (Africa and tropical Asia) of which 10 are native to southern Africa (summer rainfall regions).

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Brachycorythis buchananii

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

Brachycorythis congoensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Brachycorythis conica

 

Brachycorythis inhambanensis

 

Brachycorythis macowaniana

 

Brachycorythis ovata

 

Brachycorythis pleistophylla

Brachycorythis pubescens

 

Brachycorythis tenuior

 

Brachycorythis velutina

Recorded from Zimbabwe.