title: Platylepis
text: # Platylepis
  
  Platylepis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across sub-Saharan Africa and also on various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
  
  * Platylepis bigibbosa H.Perrier - Madagascar
  * Platylepis bombus J.J.Sm. - Seram
  * Platylepis commelynae (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Society Islands
  * Platylepis constricta (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
  * Platylepis densiflora Rolfe - Réunion
  * Platylepis geluana (Schltr.) Schuit. & de Vogel - New Guinea
  * Platylepis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - widespread across tropical and southern Africa
  * Platylepis grandiflora (Schltr.) Ormerod - New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Futuna
  * Platylepis heteromorpha Rchb.f. - Samoa
  * Platylepis intricata Schuit. & de Vogel - Papua New Guinea
  * Platylepis lamellata Schltr. - New Guinea
  * Platylepis margaritifera Schltr. - Madagascar
  * Platylepis occulta (Thouars) Rchb.f. - Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, Seychelles
  * Platylepis polyadenia Rchb.f. - Madagascar, Comoros
  * Platylepis rufa (Frapp.) Schltr. - Réunion
  * Platylepis tidorensis J.J.Sm. - Maluku
  * Platylepis viscosa (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Réunion
  * Platylepis xerostele Ormerod - Cameroon
  * Platylepis zeuxinoides Schltr. - New Guinea
  