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Species

Species accepted as of June 2014: # '' Odontochilus acalcaratus'' (Aver.) Ormerod (2002). - southern Vietnam # '' Odontochilus asraoa'' (J.Joseph & Abbar.) Ormerod (2005) - India, Nepal, Bhutan # '' Odontochilus brevistylus'' Hook.f., (1890) - Tibet, Yunnan, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam # '' Odontochilus clarkei'' Hook.f. (1890) - India, Bhutan, Assam, Tibet, Myanmar # '' Odontochilus crispus'' (Lindl.) Hook.f. (1890) - India, Bhutan, Assam, Tibet, Myanmar, Yunnan # '' Odontochilus degeneri'' L.O.Williams (1942) - Fiji # '' Odontochilus duplex'' (Holttum) Ormerod (2005) - Thailand, Malaysia # '' Odontochilus elwesii'' C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. (1890) - India, Bhutan, Assam, Tibet, Myanmar, Taiwan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan # '' Odontochilus grandiflorus'' (Lindl.) Hook.f. (1890) - Bhutan, Assam # '' Odontochilus guangdongensis'' S.C.Chen, S.W.Gale & P.J.Cribb (2009) - Guangdong, Hunan # '' Odontochilus hasseltii'' (Blume) J.J.Wood (2011) - Borneo, Java, Sumatra # '' Odontochilus hydrocephalus'' (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Wood (2011)- Borneo # '' Odontochilus inabae'' (Hayata) Hayata ex T.P.Lin - Japan, Yakushima, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Vietnam # '' Odontochilus lanceolatus'' (Lindl.) Blume (1859) - India, Bhutan, Assam, Tibet, Myanmar, Sikkim, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan # '' Odontochilus longiflorus'' (Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. (1894) - New Guinea, Solomons, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu # '' Odontochilus macranthus'' Hook.f. (1890) - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand # '' Odontochilus nanlingensis'' (L.P.Siu & K.Y.Lang) Ormerod (2003) - Guangdong, Taiwan # '' Odontochilus poilanei'' (Gagnep.) Ormerod (2002) - Japan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Tibet, Yunnan # '' Odontochilus reniformis'' (Hook.f.) Ormerod (1998) - Perak # '' Odontochilus saprophyticus'' (Aver.) Ormerod (2003) - Hainan, Vietnam # '' Odontochilus serriformis'' (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Wood (2011) - Sabah # ''

Odontochilus tashiroi ''Odontochilus'' is a small genus from the orchid family ( Orchidaceae). These terrestrial, mycoparasitic orchids occur from China, Japan, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia. The genus is related to '' Gonatostylis'',Alva ...

'' (Maxim.) Makino (1900) - Ryukyu Islands # '' Odontochilus tetrapterus'' (Hook.f.) Av.Bhattacharjee & H.J.Chowdhery (2011) - Manipur # '' Odontochilus tortus'' King & Pantl. (1896) - Guangxi, Hainan, Tibet, Yunnan, Assam, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam # '' Odontochilus umbrosus'' (Aver.) Ormerod (2002) - Vietnam # '' Odontochilus uniflorus'' (Blume) H.A.Pedersen & Ormerod (2009) - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand

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External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2815989 Goodyerinae Cranichideae genera Orchids of Asia