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Staurochilus

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Orchidaceae

Tribe
  
Vandeae

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Asparagales

Subfamily
  
Epidendroideae

Subtribe
  
Aeridinae

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Similar
  
Trichoglottis, Diplocaulobium, Trichotosia, Gastrochilus, Thrixspermum

Staurochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, southern China and the Ryukyu Islands. Eight of the 14 known species are endemic to the Philippines.

Species accepted as of June 2014:

  1. Staurochilus agusanensis (Ames & Quisumb.) Fessel & Lückel - Luzon
  2. Staurochilus dawsonianus (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar,Thailand
  3. Staurochilus fasciatus Ridl. - Indochina, Malaysia, Sumatra, Philippines
  4. Staurochilus gibbosicalcar Seidenf. - Thailand
  5. Staurochilus guibertii (Linden & Rchb.f.) Christenson - Luzon
  6. Staurochilus intermedius (L.O.Williams) Fessel & Lückel - Philippines
  7. Staurochilus ionosmus (Lindl.) Schltr. - Philippines
  8. Staurochilus leytensis (Ames) Christenson - Philippines
  9. Staurochilus loherianus (Kraenzl.) Karas. - Luzon
  10. Staurochilus luchuensis (Rolfe) Fukuy. - Philippines, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
  11. Staurochilus luzonensis (Ames) Ames in E.D.Merrill - Philippines
  12. Staurochilus mimicus (L.O.Williams) Lubag-Arquiza & Christenson - Mindanao
  13. Staurochilus ramosus (Lindl.) Seidenf. - Himalayas, Sikkim, Assam, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand
  14. Staurochilus tamesii (Quisumb. & C.Schweinf.) Fessel & Lückel - Mindanao

References

Staurochilus Wikipedia