''Cephalantheropsis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

s (

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Orchidaceae), comprising 4 accepted

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

distributed in China, Japan, the

Eastern Himalayas ] The Eastern Himalayas extend from eastern Nepal across Northeast India, Bhutan, the Tibet Autonomous Region to Yunnan in China and northern Myanmar. The climate of this region is influenced by the monsoon of South Asia from June to September. I ...

and

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...

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/ref>Flora of China v 25 p 288, 黄兰属 huang lan shu, genus ''Cephalantheropsis''
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Calanthe ''Calanthe'', commonly known as Christmas orchids, is a genus of about 220 species of orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They are evergreen or deciduous terrestrial plants with thick roots, small oval pseudobulbs, large corrugated leaves and upr ...

'' and ''

Phaius ''Phaius'', commonly known as swamp orchids or in Chinese as 鶴頂蘭屬/鹤顶兰属 (he ding lan shu), is a genus of forty-five species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. They are evergreen, terrestrial herbs which form cl ...

'', recent phylogenetic analysis indicates that this

is in the tribe

Collabieae Collabieae is a tribe of orchids in the subfamily Epidendroideae Epidendroideae is a subfamily of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Epidendroideae is larger than all the other orchid subfamilies together, comprising more than 15,000 s ...

(which also includes ''

Spathoglottis ''Spathoglottis'', commonly known as purple orchids or 苞舌兰属 (bao she lan shu) is a genus of about fifty species of orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They are evergreen terrestrial herbs with crowded pseudobulbs, a small number of leaves ...

'' and ''

Acanthophippium ''Acanthophippium'' is a genus of orchid with thirteen species (family Orchidaceae). The name of this genus is derived from the Greek words ''acanthos'' ("spiny") and ''ephippion'' ("saddle"), referring to the saddle-like labellum of the plants. ...

'') rather than in

Bletiinae Bletiinae is a small-sized subtribe of orchids in the tribe Epidendreae of the subfamily Epidendroideae. The tribe was initially categorized by John Lindley in 1840. Bletiinae has been recognized as a subtribe to Arethuseae. However, most of it ...

Species

Species currently accepted as of May 2014: * ''

Cephalantheropsis halconensis ''Cephalantheropsis'' is a genus of orchids ( family Orchidaceae), comprising 4 accepted species distributed in China, Japan, the Eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Closely related to ''Calanthe'' and ''Phaius'', recent phylogenetic ana ...

'' (Ames) S.S.Ying - Taiwan, Luzon * ''

Cephalantheropsis laciniata ''Cephalantheropsis'' is a genus of orchids ( family Orchidaceae), comprising 4 accepted species distributed in China, Japan, the Eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Closely related to ''Calanthe'' and ''Phaius'', recent phylogenetic ana ...

'' Ormerod - Peninsular Malaysia * ''

Cephalantheropsis longipes ''Cephalantheropsis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae), comprising 4 accepted species distributed in China, Japan, the Eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Closely related to ''Calanthe'' and ''Phaius'', recent phylogenetic analysis ...

'' (Hook.f.) Ormerod - Guangxi, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan, Sikkim, Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sumatra, Philippines * ''

Cephalantheropsis obcordata ''Cephalantheropsis'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae), comprising 4 accepted species distributed in China, Japan, the Eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Closely related to ''Calanthe'' and ''Phaius'', recent phylogenetic analysis ...

'' (Lindl.) Ormerod - Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, Maluku, Philippines

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2673625 Collabieae genera Collabieae