''Eria javanica'' is a species of

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. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...

, which is a

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. It is the

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

of the genus ''

Eria ''Eria'' is a genus of orchids with more than 50 species distributed in China, the Himalayas, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. Species ''Eria'' species accepted by Plants of the World On ...

''. It is widespread from Sikkim east to Taiwan, and through much of Southeast Asia to New Guinea.Flora of China, v 25 p 344, 香花毛兰 xiang hua mao lan, ''Eria javanica''
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javanica Orchids of Asia Flora of East Himalaya Flora of China Flora of Taiwan Flora of Indo-China Flora of Malesia Plants described in 1805 {{Epidendroideae-stub