Thelasis Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 385

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Podochileae

Subtribe: Thelasiinae

Synonyms: Euproboscis Griff. , Oxyanthera Brongn.

A genus of c. 25 species; c. 24 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Southeast Asia, Malesia, Australia, Solomon Islands

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Thelasis micrantha (Brogn.) J.J.Sm. (section Oxyanthera), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Borneo, Sarawak Thelasis sp. (section Thelasis), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea Thelasis sp. (section Thelasis), cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Papua New Guinea

last updated: 28 February 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera