''Cystorchis'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s from the orchid family,
Orchidaceae
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Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
. It has 21 currently accepted species (June 2014), native to
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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,
Southeast Asia
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, and the islands of the western
Pacific
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.
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Cystorchis aberrans''
J.J.Sm.
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Cystorchis aphylla''
Ridl.
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Cystorchis appendiculata''
J.J.Sm.
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Cystorchis celebica''
Schltr.
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Cystorchis dentifera''
Schltr.
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Cystorchis gracilis''
(Hook.f.) Holttum
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Cystorchis javanica''
(Blume) Blume
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Cystorchis luzonensis''
Ames
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Cystorchis macrophysa''
Schltr.
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Cystorchis marginata''
Blume
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Cystorchis ogurae''
(Tuyama) Ormerod & P.J.Cribb
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Cystorchis orphnophilla''
Schltr.
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Cystorchis peliocaulos''
Schltr.
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Cystorchis ranaiensis''
J.J.Sm.
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Cystorchis rostellata''
J.J.Sm.
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Cystorchis saccosepala''
J.J.Sm.
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Cystorchis salmoneus''
J.J.Wood
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Cystorchis saprophytica''
J.J.Sm.
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Cystorchis stenoglossa''
Schltr.
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Cystorchis variegata''
Blume
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Cystorchis versteegii''
J.J.Sm.
See also
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List of Orchidaceae genera
This is a list of genera in the orchid family ( Orchidaceae), originally according tThe Families of Flowering Plants- L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz. This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the ''Orchid Research Newsletter'' whi ...
References
* (1859) Collection des Orchidées le plus remarquables de l'Archipel Indien et du Japon: 87, t. 24, 36.
* (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 137 ff. Oxford University Press.
* 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
External links
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Cranichideae genera
Goodyerinae
Myco-heterotrophic orchids
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