Cyrtosia (plant)

Cyrtosia
Cyrtosia septentrionalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Vanilloideae
Tribe:	Vanilleae
Genus:	Cyrtosia Blume
Type species
Cyrtosia javanica Blume
Synonyms [1]
Conchoglossum Breda

Cyrtosia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, native to China, Japan, Korea, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and New Guinea. ^{[1] [2]}

1. Cyrtosia integra (Rolfe ex Downie) Garay - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
2. Cyrtosia javanica Blume - most of genus range
3. Cyrtosia nana (Rolfe ex Downie) Garay - Manipur, Thailand, Vietnam, Guizhou, Guangxi
4. Cyrtosia plurialata Seidenf. - Thailand
5. Cyrtosia septentrionalis (Rchb.f.) Garay - Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Anhui, Henan, Hunan, Zhejiang

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Flora of China, v 25 p 168, 肉果兰属 rou guo lan shu, Cyrtosia

• Blume, C.L. von (1825) Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 8: 396.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 302 ff. Oxford University Press.
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

• Media related to Cyrtosia (Orchidaceae) at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Cyrtosia at Wikispecies