Gastrodia R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Novae Holland. Ins. Van-Diemen (1810) 330

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Gastrodieae

Subtribe: Not used

Synonyms: Demorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. , Epiphanes Blume , Gamoplexis Falc. , Neoclemensia Carr

A genus of 16 species; 9 species in Malesia.

Distribution: Southern Africa, East Asia, Japan, Malesia, Australia, Pacific, New Zealand

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Gastrodia javanica (Blume) Lindl., growing wild at the Kebun Raya, Bogor, Java Gastrodia grandilabris Carr, in situ, Borneo, Sabah Gastrodia callosa J.J.Sm., drawing by J.J. Smith  

last updated: 21 March 2007 by André Schuiteman

Malesian Orchid Genera