Octarrhena Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. (1861) 305

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Podochileae

Subtribe: Thelasiinae

Synonyms: Chitonanthera Schltr. , Kerigomnia P.Royen , Vonroemeria J.J.Sm.

A genus of c. 50 species; c. 47 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Sri Lanka, SE Asia, Malesia, east to Fiji

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Octarrhena parvula Thwaites, from Sumatra  

last updated: 25 January 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera