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

last updated: 15 August 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera