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Cyrtostylis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Orchidaceae

Tribe
  
Diurideae

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Asparagales

Subfamily
  
Orchidoideae

Subtribe
  
Acianthinae

Cyrtostylis orchidswacomauwpcontentuploads201407Cyrtos

Similar
  
Acianthus, Cyrtostylis reniformis, Eriochilus, Leporella, Arthrochilus

Cyrtostylis is a genus of orchids. It contains 5 currently recognized species, native to Australia and New Zealand.

The genus was first described by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810). The type species for the genus is Cyrtostylis reniformis. It shares many morphological characteristics of another genus, Acianthus, and some author have merged the two genera into one.

  1. Cyrtostylis oblonga Hook.f. - New Zealand
  2. Cyrtostylis reniformis R.Br. - All 6 states of Australia
  3. Cyrtostylis robusta D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem - South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
  4. Cyrtostylis rotundifolia Hook.f. - New Zealand
  5. Cyrtostylis tenuissima (Nicholls & Goadby) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. - Western Australia

References

Cyrtostylis Wikipedia


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