''Callostylis'' is a

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s. It was previously considered as a

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of the genus ''

Eria ''Eria'' is a genus of orchids with more than 50 species distributed in China, the Himalayas, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. Species ''Eria'' species accepted by the Plants of the Worl ...

'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. It is native to Southeast Asia from

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

and southern

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/ref>Flora of China v 25 p 359, 美柱兰属 mei zhu lan shu , ''Callostylis''
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Callostylis cyrtosepala ''Callostylis'' is a genus of orchids. It was previously considered as a synonym of the genus ''Eria'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. It is native to Southeast Asia from Assam and southern China to Java. Five species are current ...

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Callostylis pulchella ''Callostylis'' is a genus of orchids. It was previously considered as a synonym of the genus ''Eria'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. It is native to Southeast Asia from Assam and southern China to Java. Five species are current ...

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Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

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Callostylis rigida ''Callostylis'' is a genus of orchids. It was previously considered as a Synonym (taxonomy), synonym of the genus ''Eria'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. It is native to Southeast Asia from Assam and southern China to Java. Five ...

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References

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