Cremastra Explained

Cremastra is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 4 currently recognized species (as of May 2014), native to China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, the Himalayas, and the Russian Far East.^{[1] [2]}

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Cremastra aphylla T.Yukawa	Japan
	Cremastra appendiculata (D.Don) Makino	Taiwan, China (Tibet, Anhui, Chongqing, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Yunnan,) Bhutan, Assam, Nepal, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Kuril, Sakhalin
	Cremastra guizhouensis Q.H.Chen & S.C.Chen	Guizhou
	Cremastra unguiculata (Finet) Finet	Jiangxi, Korea, Japan

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• (1833) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 172.
• 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
• (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 99 ff. Oxford University Press.

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=48773 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=108306 Flora of China, v 25 p 249, 杜鹃兰属 du juan lan shu, Cremastra