Trichotosia Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 342

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Podochileae

Subtribe: Eriinae

Synonyms: Trichosia Blume

A genus of c. 77 species; c. 75 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Nepal, NE India, Burma, SE Asia, Malesia, east to Vanuatu

Seidenfaden, G. 1982. Orchid genera in Thailand. X. Trichotosia Bl. and Eria Lindl. Op. Bot. 62: 1 - 157.

 

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Trichotosia ferox Blume, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden Trichotosia aporina (Hook.f.) Kraenzl., cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Peninsular Malaysia Trichotosia iodantha (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea

last updated: 24 January 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera