Chrysoglossum Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 337

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Collabieae

Subtribe: Not used

Synonyms: None

A genus of 4 species; 3 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Tropical Asia, Malesia, east to Samoa

Burgh, W. van der and E.F. de Vogel. 1997. Revision of the orchid genera Chrysoglossum, Collabium, Diglyphosa, and Pilophyllum (subtribe Collabiinae). Orchid Monogr. 8: 135 - 174.

 

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Chrysoglossum ornatum Blume, cultivated at the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, from Java Chrysoglossum ornatum Blume, from Sulawesi  

last updated: 24 January 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera