Pecteilis Explained

Pecteilis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across eastern and southern Asia including the Russian Far East, China, Japan, India, Pakistan, Indochina, and Indonesia.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

Image	Scientific name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
	Pecteilis cambodiana (Gagnep.) Aver.	Cambodia, Vietnam
	Pecteilis cochinchinensis (Gagnep.) Aver.	Vietnam
	Pecteilis gigantea (Sm.) Raf.	India, Pakistan, Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar	2200m (7,200feet)
	Pecteilis hawkesiana (King & Pantl.) C.S.Kumar	Myanmar, Thailand	NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
	Pecteilis henryi Schltr.	Yunnan, Himalayas, Assam, India, Indochina	NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
	Pecteilis korigadensis Jalal & Jayanthi	India (Maharashtra)	640m (2,100feet)
	Pecteilis ophiocephala (W.W.Sm.) Ormerod	Myanmar, China (Yunnan)
	Pecteilis radiata (Thunb.) Raf.	Primorye, Henan, Japan, Korea	1500m (4,900feet)
	Pecteilis susannae (L.) Raf.	Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam	NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
	Pecteilis triflora (D.Don) Tang & F.T.Wang	Bangladesh, India, Nepal	NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• 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=149185 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 339 ff. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124216 Flora of China v 25 p 136, 白蝶兰属 bai die lan shu, Pecteilis Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 37. 1837.
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7430313#page/165/mode/1up Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 37.