Mystacidium
Mystacidium capense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Genus: Mystacidium
Lindl.

Mystacidium, abbreviated as Mycdm in horticultural trade, is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). It is native to eastern and southern Africa from Tanzania to South Africa.[1][2]

Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]

  1. Mystacidium aliciae Bolus - South Africa
  2. Mystacidium braybonae Summerh. - South Africa
  3. Mystacidium capense (L.f.) Schltr. - South Africa, Swaziland
  4. Mystacidium flanaganii (Bolus) Bolus - South Africa
  5. Mystacidium gracile Harv. - South Africa, Zimbabwe
  6. Mystacidium nguruense P.J.Cribb - Tanzania
  7. Mystacidium pulchellum (Kraenzl.) Schltr. - Tanzania
  8. Mystacidium pusillum Harv. - South Africa
  9. Mystacidium tanganyikense Summerh. - Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi
  10. Mystacidium venosum Harv. ex Rolfe in W.H.Harvey - South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Lindley, John. 1837. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 2: 205-206


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