''Mycaranthes'' is a
genus
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of
orchid
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Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowerin ...
s. It was previously considered as a
synonym 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 Wo ...
'', but eventually it has become an accepted name. Its species are native to
Southeast Asia
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,
China, the
Himalayas
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and
New Guinea
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.
Flora of China v 25 p 348, 拟毛兰属 ni mao lan shu, ''Mycaranthes'' Blume, Bijdr. 352. 1825.
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Species
# '' M. anceps'' ( Leav.) Cootes & W.Suarez - Palawan, Negros
# '' M. candoonensis'' (Ames
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) Cootes & W.Suarez - Mindanao
# '' M. citrina'' ( Ridl.) Rauschert - Palawan, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
# '' M. clemensiae'' (Leav.) Cootes & W.Suarez - Philippines
# '' M. davaensis'' (Ames) Cootes & W.Suarez - Mindanao
# '' M. depauperata'' J.J.Wood - Sabah
# '' Mycaranthes farinosa'' (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.J.Wood - Borneo
# '' Mycaranthes floribunda'' (D.Don) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Borneo
# '' M. forbesiana'' ( Kraenzl.) Rauschert - Sumatra
# '' M. gigantea'' (Ames) Cootes & W.Suarez - Philippines
# '' M. hawkesii'' ( A.H.Heller) Rauschert - New Guinea
# '' M. lamellata'' (Ames) Cootes & W.Suarez - Leyte, Mindanao
# '' M. latifolia'' Blume - Indonesia, Malaysia
# '' M. leucotricha'' ( Schltr.) Rauschert - New Guinea
# '' M. lobata'' Blume - Indonesia
# '' M. longibracteata'' (Leav.) Cootes & W.Suarez - Philippines#
# '' Mycaranthes magnicallosa'' (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.J.Wood - Sabah
# '' M. major'' (Ridl.) J.J.Wood - Borneo, Maluku, Philippines
# '' Mycaranthes melaleuca'' (Ridl.) J.J.Wood - Borneo
# '' Mycaranthes meliganensis'' J.J.Wood - Sabah
# '' M. merguensis'' (Lindl.
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) Rauschert - Myanmar, Thailand
# '' M. mindanaensis'' (Ames) Cootes & W.Suarez - Capiz, Sibuyan
# '' M. monostachya'' (Lindl.) Rauschert - Java, Sumatra
# '' M. nieuwenhuisii'' ( J.J.Sm.) Rauschert - Borneo
# '' M. obliqua'' Lindl. - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
# '' M. oblitterata'' Blume -Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Bali
# '' M. padangensis'' (Schltr.) Brieger - Sumatra
# '' Mycaranthes pannea'' (Lindl.) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood - Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Assam, Borneo, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
# '' M. rhinoceros'' (Ridl.) Rauschert - Sumatra
# '' M. schistoloba'' (Schltr.) Rauschert - Sumatra
# '' M. sonkaris'' ( Rchb.f.) Rauschert - Sumatra, Borneo, Sumbawa
# '' M. stenophylla'' (Schltr.) Rauschert - New Guinea
# '' M. tjadasmalangensis'' (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert - Java, Sumatra
# '' M. tricuspidata'' ( Rolfe) Rauschert - Sulawesi
# '' M. vanoverberghii'' (Ames) Cootes, D.P.Banks & W.Suarez - Philippines
References
Podochileae genera
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