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.Seidenfaden, Gunnar. 1984. Nordic Journal of Botany 4: 44. It is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Species

At present (May 2014) the following species are recognized: # '' Ascidieria caricifolia'' (J.J.Wood) J.J.Wood -

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

# '' Ascidieria cymbidifolia'' (Ridl.) W.Suarez & Cootes -

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

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Ascidieria grandis ''Ascidieria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.Seidenfaden, Gunnar. 1984. Nordic Journal of Botany 4: 44. It is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Species At present (May 2014) the fo ...

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Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

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Ascidieria longifolia ''Ascidieria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.Seidenfaden, Gunnar. 1984. Nordic Journal of Botany 4: 44. It is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Species At present (May 2014) the fo ...

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Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

# '' Ascidieria maculiflora'' J.J.Wood -

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...

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Ascidieria palawanensis ''Ascidieria'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.Seidenfaden, Gunnar. 1984. Nordic Journal of Botany 4: 44. It is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Species At present (May 2014) the fo ...

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Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...

# '' Ascidieria pseudocymbiformis'' (J.J.Wood) J.J.Wood -

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely sur ...

# '' Ascidieria zamboangensis'' (Ames) W.Suarez & Cootes -

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...

References

* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press * Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart

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* Podochileae genera Orchids of Thailand Orchids of Sumatra Orchids of Borneo Orchids of the Philippines Orchids of Malaysia Eriinae {{Epidendroideae-stub

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