Thrixspermum
Lour.,
Fl. Cochinch. 2 (1790) 519
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Vandeae
Subtribe:
Aeridinae
Synonyms:
Cylindrochilus
Thw.
,
Dendrocolla
Blume
,
Orsidice
Rchb.f.
,
Ridleya
(Hook.f.) Pfitzer
,
Thylacis
Gagnep.
A genus of c. 140
species; c. 116
species in Malesia.
Distribution:
Tropical Asia, Malesia, Australia, east to Samoa
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Thrixspermum merguense
(Hook.f.) Kuntze (section Dendrocolla), from
Sulawesi |
Thrixspermum acuminatissimum
(Blume) Rchb.f. (section Thrixspermum), from Peninsular Malaysia |
Thrixspermum amplexicaule
(Blume) Rchb.f. (section Thrixspermum),
cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Sulawesi
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Thrixspermum amplexicaule
(Blume) Rchb.f. (section Thrixspermum),
cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Sulawesi |
Thrixspermum calceolus
(Lindl.) Rchb.f. (section Thrixspermum), from
Peninsular Malaysia |
Thrixspermum triangulare
Ames & C.Schweinf. (section Thrixspermum), in situ, Borneo, Sabah
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last updated: 15
August 2007 by André Schuiteman
Malesian
Orchid Genera