Phreatia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. (1830) 63

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Podochileae

Subtribe: Thelasiinae

Synonyms: Plexaure Endl. , Rhipidorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

A genus of c. 170 species; c. 160 species in Malesia.

Distribution: NE India, tropical E Asia, Taiwan, Malesia, Australia, New Zealand, Society Islands

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Phreatia micrantha (A.Rich.) Schltr. (section Plexaure), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea Phreatia micrantha (A.Rich.) Schltr. (section Plexaure), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea Phreatia paleata (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl. (section Phreatia), from Sulawesi
   
Phreatia paleata (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl. (section Phreatia), from Sulawesi    

last updated: 24 January 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera