Cadetia Gaudich. in Freyc., Voy. Bol. (1826) 422. t. 33

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Undetermined

Subtribe: Dendrobiinae

Synonyms: Sarcocadetia (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

A genus of c. 52 species; c. 50 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Java, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea, Australia, east to Fiji

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Cadetia funiformis (Blume) Schltr., cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea Cadetia triquetra (Ridl.) Schltr., cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea Cadetia collina Schltr., cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea
   
Cadetia aprinoides (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes, drawing by J.J. Smith    

last updated: 19 March 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera