Platylepis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Platylepis glandulosa, path to Monte Carmo, São Tomé and Príncipe imported from iNaturalist photo 137853284.jpg

| image_caption = Platylepis glandulosa in São Tomé and Príncipe

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| taxon = Platylepis

| authority = A.Rich.

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| synonyms = *Coralliokyphos H.Fleischm. & Rech.

• Diplogastra Welw. ex Rchb.f.
• Erporkis Thouars
• Moerenhoutia Blume
• Notiophrys Lindl.

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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.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=157608 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

1. Platylepis bigibbosa H.Perrier - Madagascar
2. Platylepis bombus J.J.Sm. - Seram
3. Platylepis commelynae (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - Society Islands
4. Platylepis constricta (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. - New Guinea
5. Platylepis densiflora Rolfe - Réunion
6. Platylepis geluana (Schltr.) Schuit. & de Vogel - New Guinea
7. Platylepis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rchb.f. - widespread across tropical and southern Africa
8. Platylepis grandiflora (Schltr.) Ormerod - New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Futuna
9. Platylepis heteromorpha Rchb.f. - Samoa
10. Platylepis intricata Schuit. & de Vogel - Papua New Guinea
11. Platylepis lamellata Schltr. - New Guinea
12. Platylepis margaritifera Schltr. - Madagascar
13. Platylepis occulta (Thouars) Rchb.f. - Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, Seychelles
14. Platylepis polyadenia Rchb.f. - Madagascar, Comoros
15. Platylepis rufa (Frapp.) Schltr. - Réunion
16. Platylepis tidorensis J.J.Sm. - Maluku
17. Platylepis viscosa (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Réunion
18. Platylepis xerostele Ormerod - Cameroon
19. Platylepis zeuxinoides Schltr. - New Guinea