Octarrhena

Octarrhena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Podochileae
Subtribe:	Thelasiinae
Genus:	Octarrhena; Thwaites
Type species
	Octarrhena parvula; Thwaites
Synonyms
	Chitonanthera Schltr. in K.M.Schumann & C.A.G.Lauterbach; Vonroemeria J.J.Sm.; Kerigomnia P.Royen;

Octarrhena is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains about 30-40 species native to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland, and assorted islands in the western Pacific.^[1]

References

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

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