Stereochilus (orchid)

Stereochilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Stereochilus
Lindl.
Type species
Stereochilus hirtus
Lindl.

Stereochilus is a genus of orchids native to the Himalayas, Indochina and the Philippines.[1] [2][3]

Species accepted as of June 2014:[1]

  1. Stereochilus brevirachis Christenson - Vietnam, Yunnan
  2. Stereochilus dalatensis (Guillaumin) Garay - Vietnam, Yunnan, Thailand
  3. Stereochilus erinaceus (Rchb.f.) Garay - Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand
  4. Stereochilus hirtus Lindl. - Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar
  5. Stereochilus laxus (Rchb.f.) Garay - Myanmar
  6. Stereochilus pachyphyllus (Cavestro) Cavestro - Thailand
  7. Stereochilus ringens (Rchb.f.) Garay - Assam, Philippines

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Lindley, John. 1858. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society 3: 38
  3. ↑ Flora of China v 25 p 463, 坚唇兰属 jian chun lan shu, Stereochilus Lindley, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 38. 1858.

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