Cephalantheropsis
| Cephalantheropsis | |
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Cephalantheropsis obcordata 1853 illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Collabieae |
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Cephalantheropsis Guillaumin |
Cephalantheropsis is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae), comprising 4 accepted species distributed in China, Japan, the Eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia.
Closely related to Calanthe and Phaius, recent phylogenetic analysis indicates that this genus is in the tribe Collabieae (which also includes Spathoglottis and Acanthephippium) rather than in Bletiinae.
Species currently accepted as of May 2014:
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