Odontochilus

Odontochilus
Odontochilus lanceolatus 1918 illustration [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Goodyerinae
Genus:	Odontochilus Blume [2]
Synonyms [2]
CystopusBlume EvrardiaGagnep. EvrardianaAver. EvrardiantheRauschert KuhlhasseltiaJ.J.Sm. MyrmechisBlume PristiglottisCretz. & J.J.Sm. RamphidiaMiq. TubilabiumJ.J.Sm. VexillabiumF.Maek.

Odontochilus is a small genus from the orchid family (Orchidaceae). These terrestrial, mycoparasitic orchids occur from China, Japan, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia. ^{[3] [4] [5]} The genus is related to Gonatostylis , ^[6] endemic to New Caledonia.

Species

As of December 2025 ^[update] , Plants of the World Online accepts the following 73 species: ^[2]

• Odontochilus acalcaratus (Aver.) Ormerod
• Odontochilus asraoa (J.Joseph & Abbar.) Ormerod
• Odontochilus bakhimensis (D.Maity, N.Pradhan & Maiti) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus bilobuliferus (J.J.Sm.) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus bisaccatus (Hayata) Hayata ex T.P.Lin
• Odontochilus brevistylis Hook.f.
• Odontochilus buruensis Ormerod & Juswara
• Odontochilus chalmersii (Schltr.) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus chinensis (Rolfe) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus clarkei Hook.f.
• Odontochilus coerulescens (Schltr.) J.M.H.Shaw
• Odontochilus crispus (Lindl.) Hook.f.
• Odontochilus degeneri L.O.Williams
• Odontochilus drymoglossifolius (Hayata) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus duplex (Holttum) Ormerod
• Odontochilus elongatus (Blume) J.M.H.Shaw
• Odontochilus elwesii C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.
• Odontochilus fimbriatus (J.J.Sm.) J.M.H.Shaw
• Odontochilus formosanus T.C.Hsu
• Odontochilus gilesii (Ormerod) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus glaber (Blume) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus gouanyuanensis (S.S.Ying) S.S.Ying
• Odontochilus gracilis (Blume) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus grandiflorus (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f.
• Odontochilus guangdongensis S.C.Chen, S.W.Gale & P.J.Cribb
• Odontochilus hasseltii (Blume) J.J.Wood
• Odontochilus hatumetensis (J.J.Sm.) J.M.H.Shaw
• Odontochilus hatusimanus Ohwi & T.Koyama
• Odontochilus humilis S.S.Ying
• Odontochilus hydrocephalus (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Wood
• Odontochilus integrus (Fukuy.) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus japonicus (Rchb.f.) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus javanicus (J.J.Sm.) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus kinabaluensis (Carr) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus lanceolatus (Lindl.) Blume
• Odontochilus longiflorus (Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake
• Odontochilus macranthus Hook.f.
• Odontochilus marivelensis Ormerod & Cootes
• Odontochilus mindanaensis (Ames) J.M.H.Shaw
• Odontochilus montanus (Schltr.) J.M.H.Shaw
• Odontochilus muricatus (J.J.Sm.) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus nakaianus (F.Maek.) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus nandae Raskoti & Kurzweil
• Odontochilus nanlingensis (L.P.Siu & K.Y.Lang) Ormerod
• Odontochilus napoensis H.Tang & Y.F.Huang
• Odontochilus occultus (Blume) J.M.H.Shaw
• Odontochilus papuanus (J.J.Sm.) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus pectinifer (Schltr.) J.M.H.Shaw
• Odontochilus perpusillus (Ames) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus philippinensis (Ames) J.M.H.Shaw
• Odontochilus poilanei (Gagnep.) Ormerod
• Odontochilus puberulus (Schltr.) J.M.H.Shaw
• Odontochilus pubescens (Blume) J.M.H.Shaw
• Odontochilus pumilus Hook.f.
• Odontochilus quadrilobatus (Schltr.) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus rajanus (J.J.Sm.) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus reniformis (Hook.f.) Ormerod
• Odontochilus saprophyticus (Aver.) Ormerod
• Odontochilus seranicus (J.J.Sm.) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus serriformis (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Wood
• Odontochilus shaolinchianus S.S.Ying
• Odontochilus sibelae (Ormerod) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus spicatus (Blume) J.M.H.Shaw
• Odontochilus tashiroi (Maxim.) Makino
• Odontochilus tetrapterus (Hook.f.) Av.Bhattacharjee & H.J.Chowdhery
• Odontochilus tonkinensis (Gagnep.) Ormerod & Aver.
• Odontochilus tortus King & Pantl.
• Odontochilus tsukusianus (Masam.) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus umbrosus (Aver.) Ormerod
• Odontochilus uniflorus (Blume) H.A.Pedersen & Ormerod
• Odontochilus urceolatus (Tang & K.Y.Lang) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus whiteheadii (Rendle) T.Yukawa
• Odontochilus yakushimensis (Yamam.) T.Yukawa

References

1. M.S. del., J.N.Fitch lith. - Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 144 [= ser. 4, vol. 14]: Tab. 8753
2. "Odontochilus Blume". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
5. Flora of China v 25 p 80, 齿唇兰属 chi chun lan shu, Odontochilus Blume, Fl. Javae Nov. Ser. 1: 66. 1858.
6. Alvarez-Molina, A., and K. M. Cameron. (2009) Molecular Phylogenetics of Prescottinae S.l. and Their Close Allies (Orchidaceae, Cranichideae) Inferred from Plastid and Nuclear Ribosomal DNA Sequences. American Journal of Botany 96 (5): 1020–40.

• Omerod P. (2003). "Orchidaceous additions to the floras of China and Vietnam". Taiwania. 48 (3): 139–146.
• Ormerod Paul (2005). "Notulae Goodyerinae (II)". Taiwania. 50 (1): 1–10.
• Royal Botanical gardens, Kew (January 2006). "new species". Orchid Research Newsletter. 47.

External links

• Media related to Odontochilus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Odontochilus at Wikispecies