Eleorchis

Eleorchis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Arethuseae
Subtribe:	Arethusinae
Genus:	Eleorchis; F.Maek.
Binomial name
	Eleorchis japonica; (A.Gray) Maek.
Synonyms
	Arethusa japonica A.Gray; Bletilla japonica (A.Gray) Schltr.; Eleorchis conformis Maek.;

Eleorchis, abbreviated Elo in trade journals, is the a genus of terrestrial orchids (family Orchidaceae). As of June 2014^[update], it contains only one recognized species, Eleorchis japonica, native to Japan and to the Kuril Islands.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

External links

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[olga-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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