Polystachya
''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is the type genus of the subtribe Polystachyinae. It contains about 100 species widespread across many of the tropical areas of the world. Species ''Polystachya'' species accepted by the Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. History Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ... as of February 2021: *'' Polystachya aconitiflora'' *'' Polystachya acridolens'' *'' Polystachya acuminata'' *'' Polystachya adansoniae'' *'' Polystachya aethiopica'' *'' Polystachya affinis'' *'' Polystachya albescens'' *'' Polystachya alicjae'' *'' Polystachya alpina'' ...
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