Arthrochilus

elbow orchids
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Diurideae
Subtribe:	Drakaeinae
Genus:	Arthrochilus F.Muell.[1]
Type species
Arthrochilus irritabilis F.Muell.
Synonyms[2]
Phoringopsis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. Thynninorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Arthrochilus, commonly called elbow orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has 15 currently recognized species native to Australia and New Guinea.^[2]

1. Arthrochilus apectus D.L.Jones - Queensland
2. Arthrochilus aquilus D.L.Jones - Queensland
3. Arthrochilus byrnesii Blaxell - Northern Territory
4. Arthrochilus corinnae D.L.Jones - Queensland
5. Arthrochilus dockrillii Lavarack - Queensland and New Guinea
6. Arthrochilus huntianus (F.Muell.) Blaxell - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia
7. Arthrochilus irritabilis F.Muell. - New South Wales, Queensland
8. Arthrochilus laevicallus Ormerod - Papua New Guinea
9. Arthrochilus latipes D.L.Jones - Northern Territory
10. Arthrochilus lavarackianus (D.L.Jones) Lavarack - Queensland
11. Arthrochilus oreophilus D.L.Jones - Queensland
12. Arthrochilus prolixus D.L.Jones - New South Wales, Queensland
13. Arthrochilus rosulatus D.L.Jones - Queensland
14. Arthrochilus sabulosus D.L.Jones - Queensland
15. Arthrochilus stenophyllus D.L.Jones - Queensland

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1858. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 1: 42
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

• Australian Tropical Rainforest Orchids, factsheet, Arthrochilus irritabilis, Clubbed Elbow Orchid
• Australian Native Orchid Society (Queensland), Kabi Group, Arthrochilus prolixus
• Retired Aussies, Thynninorchis huntianus, Elbow Orchid, synonym Arthrochilus huntianus
• Orchids Online, Arthrochilus oreophilus, Synonym: Spiculea irritabilis sensu Dockr.