''Mycaranthes'' 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. It was previously considered as a

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are al ...

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 the Plants of the Wor ...

'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. Its species are native to

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 ...

, China, the

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over ...

and

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

.Flora of China v 25 p 348, 拟毛兰属 ni mao lan shu, ''Mycaranthes'' Blume, Bijdr. 352. 1825.
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Species

# '' M. anceps'' ( Leav.)

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& W.Suarez - Palawan, Negros # '' M. candoonensis'' (

Ames Ames may refer to: Places United States * Ames, Arkansas, a place in Arkansas * Ames, Colorado * Ames, Illinois * Ames, Indiana * Ames, Iowa, the most populous city bearing this name * Ames, Kansas * Ames, Nebraska * Ames, New York * Ames, ...

) Cootes & W.Suarez - Mindanao # '' M. citrina'' (

Ridl. Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees i ...

) Rauschert - Palawan, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia # '' M. clemensiae'' (Leav.) Cootes & W.Suarez - Philippines # '' M. davaensis'' (Ames) Cootes & W.Suarez - Mindanao # '' M. depauperata'' J.J.Wood - Sabah # ''

Mycaranthes farinosa ''Mycaranthes'' is a genus of orchids. It was previously considered as a synonym of the genus '' Eria'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. Its species are native to Southeast Asia, China, the Himalayas and New Guinea. Species ...

'' (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.J.Wood - Borneo # ''

Mycaranthes floribunda ''Mycaranthes'' is a genus of orchids. It was previously considered as a synonym of the genus ''Eria'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. Its species are native to Southeast Asia, China, the Himalayas and New Guinea. Species # '' ...

'' (D.Don) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Borneo # '' M. forbesiana'' ( Kraenzl.) Rauschert - Sumatra # '' M. gigantea'' (Ames) Cootes & W.Suarez - Philippines # '' M. hawkesii'' ( A.H.Heller) Rauschert - New Guinea # '' M. lamellata'' (Ames) Cootes & W.Suarez - Leyte, Mindanao # '' M. latifolia'' Blume - Indonesia, Malaysia # '' M. leucotricha'' (

Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South Ame ...

) Rauschert - New Guinea # '' M. lobata'' Blume - Indonesia # '' M. longibracteata'' (Leav.) Cootes & W.Suarez - Philippines# # '' Mycaranthes magnicallosa'' (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.J.Wood - Sabah # '' M. major'' (Ridl.) J.J.Wood - Borneo, Maluku, Philippines # ''

Mycaranthes melaleuca ''Mycaranthes'' is a genus of orchids. It was previously considered as a synonym of the genus ''Eria'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. Its species are native to Southeast Asia, China, the Himalayas and New Guinea. Species # ...

'' (Ridl.) J.J.Wood - Borneo # ''

Mycaranthes meliganensis ''Mycaranthes'' is a genus of orchids. It was previously considered as a synonym of the genus ''Eria'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. Its species are native to Southeast Asia, China, the Himalayas and New Guinea. Species # '' M ...

'' J.J.Wood - Sabah # '' M. merguensis'' (

Lindl. John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley w ...

) Rauschert - Myanmar, Thailand # '' M. mindanaensis'' (Ames) Cootes & W.Suarez - Capiz, Sibuyan # '' M. monostachya'' (Lindl.) Rauschert - Java, Sumatra # '' M. nieuwenhuisii'' ( J.J.Sm.) Rauschert - Borneo # '' M. obliqua'' Lindl. - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra # '' M. oblitterata'' Blume -Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Bali # '' M. padangensis'' (Schltr.) Brieger - Sumatra # '' Mycaranthes pannea'' (Lindl.) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood - Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Assam, Borneo, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam # '' M. rhinoceros'' (Ridl.) Rauschert - Sumatra # '' M. schistoloba'' (Schltr.) Rauschert - Sumatra # '' M. sonkaris'' (

Rchb.f. Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (Dresden, 3 January 1823 – Hamburg, 6 May 1889) was a botanist and the foremost German orchidologist of the 19th century. His father Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (author of ''Icones Florae Germanicae et Helv ...

) Rauschert - Sumatra, Borneo, Sumbawa # '' M. stenophylla'' (Schltr.) Rauschert - New Guinea # '' M. tjadasmalangensis'' (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert - Java, Sumatra # '' M. tricuspidata'' ( Rolfe) Rauschert - Sulawesi # '' M. vanoverberghii'' (Ames) Cootes, D.P.Banks & W.Suarez - Philippines

References

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