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Cremastra

Cremastra is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 4 currently recognized species, native to China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, the Himalayas, and the Russian Far East.

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Cremastra
Cremastra appendiculata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Calypsoinae
Genus: Cremastra
Lindl. (1833)
Type species
Cremastra appendiculata
(D.Don) Makino
Synonyms1

Hyacinthorchis Blume

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.12

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

See also

References

References

  • Lindley, J. (1833) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 172.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 99 ff. Oxford University Press.
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