Cryptostylis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Tongue orchids']

English: Tongue orchids
فارسی: ارکیده‌های زبان‌دار
перем коми: Криптостилис
коми: Криптостилис
мокшень: Криптостилис
олык марий: Криптостилис
кырык мары: Криптостилис
удмурт: Криптостилис
粵語: 隱柱蘭屬
中文: 隐柱兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 隐柱兰属
中文（简体）: 隐柱兰属
中文（繁體）: 隱柱蘭屬
中文（香港）: 隱柱蘭屬
中文（臺灣）: 隠柱蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Diurideae • Subtribus: Cryptostylidinae • Genus: Cryptostylis R.Br. (1810)

GenusCryptostylis R.Br. (1810)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Chlorosa Blume, Bijdr.: 420 (1825) Zosterostylis Blume, Bijdr.: 418 (1825)

23 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 11 December 2020):
C. acutata, C. apiculata, C. arachnites, C. arfakensis, C. carinata, C. clemensii, C. concava, C. conspicua, C. erecta, C. filiformis, C. gracilis, C. hamadryas, C. hunteriana, C. javanica, C. lancilabris, C. leptochila, C. ligulata, C. maculata, C. ovata, C. sigmoidea, C. sororia, C. subulata, C. taiwaniana

Included species (for Tropicos, 11 December 2020):

C. acutata, C. alismifolia, C. apiculata, C. arachnites, C. arfakensis, C. carinata, C. clemensii, C. concava, C. conspicua, C. erecta, C. erythroglossa, C. filiformis, C. fulva, C. gracilis, C. hamadryas, C. hunteriana, C. javanica, C. lancilabris, C. leptochila, C. ligulata, C. longifolia, C. maculata, C. ovata, C. papuana, C. sigmoidea, C. sororia, C. stenochila, C. subulata, C. taiwaniana, C. tridentata, C. vitiensis, C. walkerae, C. zeylanica
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Cryptostylis erecta R.Br. (1810)

Cryptostylis arachnites
Cryptostylis erecta
Type species
Cryptostylis hunteriana
Cryptostylis leptochila
Cryptostylis ovata
Cryptostylis subulata
Cryptostylis taiwaniana

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China Southeast.
- Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Sri Lanka.
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Papuasia
  - New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Australasia
- Australia
  - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.
- New Zealand
  - New Zealand North.
Pacific
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Cryptostylis.

Cryptostylis

GenusCryptostylis R.Br. (1810)

23 Species

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