Mystacidium

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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.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=132890 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34485709#page/205/mode/1up Lindley, John. 1837. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 2: 205-206]

Species accepted as of June 2014:

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