Megastylis

Megastylis
Megastylis gigas, Plaine des Lacs, New Caledonia. Oct. 2000
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Subtribe: Megastylidinae
Genus: Megastylis
(Schltr.) Schltr.
Type species
Megastylis gigas
Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 379 (1911)

Megastylis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 known species, all native to Vanuatu and New Caledonia.[1]

  1. Megastylis gigas (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  2. Megastylis latilabris (Schltr.) Schltr.
  3. Megastylis latissima (Schltr.) Schltr.
  4. Megastylis montana (Schltr.) Schltr.
  5. Megastylis paradoxa (Kraenzl.) N.Hallé
  6. Megastylis rara (Schltr.) Schltr.