Hetaeria Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 409 ('Etaeria')

Subfamily: Orchidoideae

Tribe: Cranichideae

Subtribe: Goodyerinae

Synonyms: Aetheria Endl. , Cerochilus Lindl. , Etaeria Blume , Rhamphidia Lindl.

A genus of c. 20 species; c. 19 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Tropical Asia, Australia, east to Fiji

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Hetaeria latipetala Schltr., cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea Hetaeria latipetala Schltr., cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea Hetaeria latipetala Schltr. var. longirostris, drawing by J.J. Smith 

last updated: 21 March 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera