The New Guinea species were previously included in the genus Platylepis A. Rich. The latter genus occurs in Africa, Madagascar and the Seychelles Islands. The plant habit is similar to the species in the genus Goodyera , with a glabrous stem, three to five closely spaced leaves, almost in a rosette. The erect inflorescence is few to densely multi-flowered.
Plants grow on humus on the forest floor in shaded conditions from ca.
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