Podochilus

Podochilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochileae
Subtribe: Podochilinae
Genus: Podochilus
Schltr.
Type species
Podochilus lucescens
Blume
Synonyms[1]
  • Apista Blume
  • Cryptoglottis Blume
  • Hexameria R. Br.
  • Placostigma Blume
  • Platysma Blume

Podochilus is a genus of about 60-80 species of small, moss-like epiphytic orchids, distributed across China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia (Indochina, Indonesia, Philippines, etc,) New Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  3. ↑ Flora of China v 25 p 365, 柄唇兰属 bing chun lan shu, Podochilus Blume, Bijdr. 295. 1825.

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