Cryptochilus

Cryptochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 5 known species, native to China, the Himalayas, and Indochina.[1][2]

  • Cryptochilus ctenostachyus Gagnep. - Vietnam
  • Cryptochilus luteus Lindl. - Yunnan, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam
  • Cryptochilus petelotii Gagnep. - Vietnam
  • Cryptochilus roseus (Lindl.) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood - Hainan, Hong Kong
  • Cryptochilus sanguineus Wall. - Yunnan, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam

Cryptochilus
Cryptochilus roseus (type species)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochileae
Subtribe: Eriinae
Genus: Cryptochilus
Wall.

See also
  • List of Orchidaceae genera

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China v 25 p 361, 宿苞兰属 su bao lan shu, Cryptochilus
  • Wallich, N. (1824) Tentamen Florae Napalensis Illustratae 36, pl. 26.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 552 ff. Oxford University Press.


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