Otochilus

Otochilus
Otochilus fuscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Subtribe: Coelogyninae
Genus: Otochilus
Lindl.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Broughtonia Wall. ex Lindl., illegitimate homonym
  • Tetrapeltis Wall. ex Lindl.

Otochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, native to China, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia.[2][3][4]

  1. Otochilus albus Lindl. - Tibet, Assam, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  2. Otochilus fuscus Lindl. - Yunnan, Assam, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Indochina
  3. Otochilus lancilabius Seidenf. - Tibet, Assam, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Vietnam
  4. Otochilus porrectus Lindl. - Yunnan, Assam, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Indochina
  5. Otochilus pseudoporrectus Seidenf. ex Aver. - Vietnam
  1. ^ Lindley, John. 1830. Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 35
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Flora of China v 25 p 339, 耳唇兰属 er chun lan shu, Otochilus Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 35. 1830.
  4. ^ 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.