''Eurystyles'' is a
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of
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s from the orchid family,
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. It contains 20 known species native to
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#'' Eurystyles actinosophila'' (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr.
#'' Eurystyles alticola'' Dod
#'' Eurystyles ananassocomus'' (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
#'' Eurystyles borealis'' A.H.Heller
#'' Eurystyles christensonii'' D.E.Benn.
#'' Eurystyles cogniauxii'' (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
#'' Eurystyles cornu-bovis'' Szlach.
#'' Eurystyles cotyledon'' Wawra
#'' Eurystyles cristata'' (Schltr.) Schltr.
#'' Eurystyles crocodilus'' Szlach.
#'' Eurystyles domingensis'' Dod
#'' Eurystyles gardneri'' (Lindl.) Garay
#'' Eurystyles guentheriana'' (Kraenzl.) Garay
#'' Eurystyles hoehnei'' Szlach.
#'' Eurystyles lobata'' Chiron & V.P.Castro
#'' Eurystyles lorenzii'' (Cogn.) Schltr.
#'' Eurystyles ochyrana'' (Szlach., Mytnik & Rutk.) F.Barros & L.R.S.Guim.
#'' Eurystyles rutkowskiana'' Szlach.
#'' Eurystyles splendissima'' Szlach.
#'' Eurystyles standleyi'' Ames
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'' whi ...
References
* (1863) Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 13(1): 223.
* (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 204 ff. Oxford University Press.
* 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
* (2011) The leaves got it right again: DNA phylogenetics supports a sister-group relationship between ''Eurostlyes'' and ''Lankesterella'' (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae), Lankesteriana, 11(3): 337–347.
External links
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Cranichideae genera
Spiranthinae
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