Peristylus

Peristylus
Peristylus aristatus - a native of India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Peristylus
Blume
Synonyms[1]
  • Glossula Lindl.
  • Glossaspis Spreng.
  • Coeloglossum Lindl., illegitimate homonym
  • Digomphotis Raf.
  • Choeradoplectron Schauer
  • Lindblomia Fr.

Peristylus, sometimes commonly known as ogre orchids[2] or bog orchids[3] is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of over 100 known species found across much of eastern and southern Asia as well as in Australia and on many islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Peristylus tentaculatus
1824 illustration[4]
  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference WCSP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jones was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Peristylus holochila - Hawaiian Bog Orchid". North American Orchid Conservation Center. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ^ Designer: M. Hart - Engraver: J. Watts - "The botanical register" vol. 10 pl. 862