Orestias (plant)

Orestias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Malaxideae
Subtribe:	Malaxidinae
Genus:	Orestias; Ridl.

Orestias is a genus of orchids. It has 4 known species, all native to central Africa, including the island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Orestias elegans Ridl. - São Tomé, Príncipe
Summerh. in G.M.D.Troupin - Gabon, Zaire
Summerh. - São Tomé, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
(Rchb.f.) Summerh. - São Tomé

References[]

^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Margonska, H.B. & Szlachetko, D.L. (2005). Taxonomic revision of the African genus Orestias Ridl. (Malaxidinae, Orchidaceae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 107: 209-220.
^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

[1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Margonska, H.B. & Szlachetko, D.L. (2005). Taxonomic revision of the African genus Orestias Ridl. (Malaxidinae, Orchidaceae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 107: 209-220.

[3] Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

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