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True Bonnets
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True Bonnets

Pterygodium

Pterygodium is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It found primarily in southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland) but one species is endemic to Tanzania.

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12 branches of this group, most-observed first

Cowl Bonnet

speciesPterygodium catholicum

Wing Bonnet

speciesPterygodium alatum

Pointy Bonnet

speciesPterygodium acutifolium

Yellow Chin Bonnet

speciesPterygodium afrum

Flat Bonnet

speciesPterygodium platypetalum

Pale Chin Bonnet

speciesPterygodium pentherianum

Wavy Bonnet

speciesPterygodium hastatum

Blind Bonnet

speciesPterygodium cleistogamum

Milk Bonnet

speciesPterygodium leucanthum

Cross Bonnet

speciesPterygodium cruciferum

Pterygodium connivens

speciesPterygodium connivens

Pterygodium newdigateae

speciesPterygodium newdigateae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 850409.