Brachypeza unguiculata (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit., 2013

Kocyan, Alexander & Schuiteman, André, 2013, New combinations in Aeridinae (Orchidaceae), Phytotaxa 161 (1), pp. 61-85 : 64

Brachypeza unguiculata (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit. , comb. nov.

Basionym: Sarcochilus unguiculatus Lindley (1840: 67) .

Homotypic synonyms: Thrixspermum unguiculatum (Lindl.) Reichenbach (1868: 122) ; Pteroceras unguiculatum (Lindl.) Pedersen (1992: 388) .

Heterotypic synonym: Aerides diurna Teijsmann & Binnendijk (1864: 19) ; Phalaenopsis ruckeri Reichenbach (1881: 562) ; Sarcochilus aureus Hooker (1891: 35) ; Thrixspermum aureum (Hook.f.) Kuntze (1891: 682); Phalaenopsis fugax Kränzlin (1893: 360) ; Sarcochilus phalaenopsis Schlechter (1911a: 203) ; Pteroceras phalaenopsis (Schltr.) Garay (1972: 194) .

Note: The following taxa, currently treated as species of Pteroceras , differ in the rachis characters from the type of the genus and are probably more closely related to Grosourdya and Brachypeza . In their muricatehirsute inflorescence, they agree with Grosourdya , whereas floral characters are more similar to Brachypeza . In the absence of DNA-based evidence we have decided not to transfer these species to either Brachypeza or Grosourdya : Pteroceras asperatum (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt , P. hirsutum (Hook.f.) Holttum, P. indicum Punekar , P. johorense (Holttum) Holttum , P. monsooniae Sasidh. & Sujanapal , P. muluense Schuit. & de Vogel, P. muriculatum (Rchb.f.) P.F.Hunt, P. nabawanense J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb , P. philippinense (Ames) Garay , and P. spathibrachiatum (J.J.Sm.) Garay.