Cyrtosia (plant)

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Cyrtosia
Cyrtosia septentrionalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Vanilloideae
Tribe: Vanilleae
Genus: Cyrtosia
Blume
Type species
Cyrtosia javanica
Blume
Synonyms[1]

Conchoglossum Breda

Cyrtosia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, native to China, Japan, Korea, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and New Guinea.[1][2]

  1. Cyrtosia integra (Rolfe ex Downie) Garay - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  2. Cyrtosia javanica Blume - most of genus range
  3. Cyrtosia nana (Rolfe ex Downie) Garay - Manipur, Thailand, Vietnam, Guizhou, Guangxi
  4. Cyrtosia plurialata Seidenf. - Thailand
  5. Cyrtosia septentrionalis (Rchb.f.) Garay - Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Anhui, Henan, Hunan, Zhejiang

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Blume, C.L. von (1825) Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 8: 396.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 302 ff. Oxford University Press.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links[edit]

  • Media related to Cyrtosia at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Cyrtosia at Wikispecies