Phreatia

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Phreatia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochilaeae
Subtribe: Thelasiinae
Genus: Phreatia
Lindl.
Selected Species
  • Phreatia micrantha
  • Phreatia samoensis
  • Phreatia stenophylla
  • Phreatia sulcata
Synonyms
  • Plexaure Endl.

Phreatia is a genus of about 150 species of orchids, distributed in India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, and the Pacific islands.