Otochilus

Otochilus
Otochilus fuscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Arethuseae
Subtribe:	Coelogyninae
Genus:	Otochilus Lindl. [1]
Synonyms [2]
BroughtoniaWall. ex Lindl., illegitimate homonym TetrapeltisWall. ex Lindl.

Otochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, native to China, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

• Otochilus albus Lindl. - Tibet, Assam, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
• Otochilus fuscus Lindl. - Yunnan, Assam, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Indochina
• Otochilus lancilabius Seidenf. - Tibet, Assam, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Vietnam
• Otochilus porrectus Lindl. - Yunnan, Assam, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Indochina
• Otochilus pseudoporrectus Seidenf. ex Aver. - Vietnam

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Lindley, John. 1830. Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 35
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Flora of China v 25 p 339, 耳唇兰属 er chun lan shu, Otochilus Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 35. 1830.
4. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

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