Pelatantheria

Pelatantheria
Pelatantheria insectifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Aeridinae
Genus:	Pelatantheria Ridl.

Pelatantheria is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Its species are distributed across China, Japan, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

• Pelatantheria bicuspidata Tang & F.T.Wang - Yunnan, Guizhou, Thailand
• Pelatantheria cristata (Ridl.) Ridl. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra
• Pelatantheria ctenoglossum Ridl. - Yunnan, Indochina
• Pelatantheria eakroensis Haager - Vietnam
• Pelatantheria insectifera (Rchb.f.) Ridl. - Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
• Pelatantheria rivesii (Guillaumin) Tang & F.T.Wang - Yunnan, Guangxi, Laos, Vietnam
• Pelatantheria scolopendrifolia (Makino) Aver. - Japan, Korea, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang
• Pelatantheria woonchengii P.O'Byrne - Thailand

Cultivation

Pelatantheria is not commonly found in cultivation and this genus is rarely used in hybridisation. As of February 2022, 11 hybrids have been registered in the International Orchid Register of the Royal Horticultural Society.

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Flora of China v 25 p 456, 钻柱兰属 zuan zhu lan shu, Pelatantheria Ridley, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 371. 1896.
3. Ridley, Henry Nicholas. 1896. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 32: 371

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

External links

• Data related to Pelatantheria at Wikispecies