''Cryptochilus'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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. Its species are native to
China
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, the
Himalayas
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, and
Indochina
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.
Species
,
Plants of the World Online
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History
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accepted the following species:
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*'' Cryptochilus acuminatus'' (Griff.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
*'' 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 siamensis'' (Schltr.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
*'' Cryptochilus strictus'' (Lindl.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen
See also
* List of Orchidaceae genera
This is a list of genera in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), originally according tThe Families of Flowering Plants- L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz. This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the ''Orchid Research Newsletter'' which ...
References
* (1824) Tentamen Florae Napalensis Illustratae 36, pl. 26.
* 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
* (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 552 ff. Oxford University Press.
External links
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Podochileae genera
Eriinae
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