Cyrtorchis

Cyrtorchis
Cyrtorchis arcuata (type species)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Angraecinae
Genus:	Cyrtorchis Schltr.
Synonyms[1]
Homocolleticon (Summerh.) Szlach. & Olszewski

Photo of Cyrtorchis praetermissa summerh growing on a rock at the foot of the Mulanje Massif in Malawi

Cyrtorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 18 currently accepted species (June 2014), all native to Africa.^[1]

1. (Rolfe) Schltr.
2. (Lindl.) Schltr.
3. (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
4. (Rolfe) Schltr.
5. (Hook.f.) Schltr.
6. Schltr. in R.E.Fries
7. (Rolfe) Schltr.
8. Summerh.
9. (Pérez-Vera) R.Rice
10. (Rolfe) Schltr.
11. (Ridl.) Schltr.
12. (De Wild.) Schltr.
13. Szlach. & Olszewski
14. (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
15. Summerh.
16. Summerh.
17. (Rchb.f.) Summerh
18. (De Wild.) Schltr.

See also[]

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References[]

• Schlechter, F.R.R. (1914) Die Orchideen 595.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (Eds) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3); page 379 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-964651-7
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links[]

• Media related to Cyrtorchis at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Cyrtorchis at Wikispecies

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