Brachypeza, Garay, 1972

Kocyan, Alexander & Schuiteman, André, 2014, New combinations in Aeridinae (Orchidaceae), Phytotaxa 161 (1), pp. 61-85 : 62

BRACHYPEZA

Brachypeza Garay (1972: 163) . Type species: Brachypeza archytas (Ridl.) Garay (basionym: Saccolabium archytas Ridl. ).

Pteroceras as previously circumscribed ( Pedersen 1993) is clearly polyphyletic, with some species forming a strongly supported clade that includes Brachypeza , whereas the type of Pteroceras , P. teres (Blume) Holttum , falls in a clade with Tuberolabium and several other genera. The main morphological character distinguishing Pteroceras s.s. from Brachypeza is found in the rachis of the inflorescence: in Pteroceras flowers arise from sharply delimited, longitudinal cavities on the rachis, whereas there are no such depressions on the rachis of Brachypeza ( Fig. 1A ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Selected flower images of the newly combined taxa to illustrate floral diversity among Aeridinae. A, Brachypeza unguiculata; B, Dimorphorchis breviscapa; C, Grosourdya myosurus; D, Phalaenopsis difformis; E, Renanthera caloptera; F, Thrixspermum breviscapum; G, Robiquetia punctata; H, Robiquetia minimiflora; I, Renanthera porphyrodesme; J, Taeniophyllum javanicum; K, Trachoma phillipsii; L, Trichoglottis biglandulosa; M, Trichoglottis ventricularis. Photographs by A. Kocyan (A, B, D, E, G–M), P. O’Byrne (C) and P.T. Ong (F).