Cyrtosia (plant) explained

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

• (1825) Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 8: 396.
• (2003) Genera Orchidacearum 3: 302 ff. Oxford University Press.
• 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=54847 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=109096 Flora of China, v 25 p 168, 肉果兰属 rou guo lan shu, Cyrtosia