Staurochilus

Staurochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, southern China and the Ryukyu Islands. Eight of the 14 known species are endemic to the Philippines.[1][2][3]

Staurochilus
Staurochilus fasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Aeridinae
Genus:	Staurochilus Ridl.
Type species
Staurochilus fasciatus Ridl.
Synonyms[1]
Sarothrochilus Schltr.

Species accepted as of June 2014:

1. Staurochilus agusanensis (Ames & Quisumb.) Fessel & Lückel - Luzon
2. Staurochilus dawsonianus (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar,Thailand
3. Staurochilus fasciatus Ridl. - Indochina, Malaysia, Sumatra, Philippines
4. Staurochilus gibbosicalcar Seidenf. - Thailand
5. Staurochilus guibertii (Linden & Rchb.f.) Christenson - Luzon
6. Staurochilus intermedius (L.O.Williams) Fessel & Lückel - Philippines
7. Staurochilus ionosmus (Lindl.) Schltr. - Philippines
8. Staurochilus leytensis (Ames) Christenson - Philippines
9. Staurochilus loherianus (Kraenzl.) Karas. - Luzon
10. Staurochilus luchuensis (Rolfe) Fukuy. - Philippines, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
11. Staurochilus luzonensis (Ames) Ames in E.D.Merrill - Philippines
12. Staurochilus mimicus (L.O.Williams) Lubag-Arquiza & Christenson - Mindanao
13. Staurochilus ramosus (Lindl.) Seidenf. - Himalayas, Sikkim, Assam, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand
14. Staurochilus tamesii (Quisumb. & C.Schweinf.) Fessel & Lückel - Mindanao

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
3. Flora of China v 25 p 454, 掌唇兰属 zhang chun lan shu, Staurochilus Ridley ex Pfitzer in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 2: 16. 1900.

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