Oberonia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. (1830) 15

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Malaxideae

Subtribe: Not used

Synonyms: Iridorchis Thouars , Iridorkis Thouars , Titania Endl.

A genus of c. 300 species; c. 210 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Old world tropics, east to Tuamotu Archipelago

Seidenfaden, G. 1968. The genus Oberonia in mainland Asia. Dansk Bot. Ark. 25(3): 17 - 125. 

Seidenfaden, G. 1978. Orchid genera in Thailand VII: Oberonia Lindl. & Malaxis Sol.ex Sw. Dansk Bot. Ark. 33(1): 1 - 94.

 

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Oberonia drepanophylla Schltr. (section Platyacron), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea Oberonia padangensis Schltr. (section Platyacron), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Peninsular Malaysia  

last updated: 26 January 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera