Octarrhena

Octarrhena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochileae
Subtribe: Thelasiinae
Genus: Octarrhena
Thwaites
Type species
Octarrhena parvula
Thwaites
Synonyms[1]
  • Chitonanthera Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach
  • Vonroemeria J.J.Sm.
  • Kerigomnia P.Royen

Octarrhena is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 30-40 species native to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland, and assorted islands in the western Pacific.[1]

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