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Crepidium

Crepidium
Crepidium quadridentatum by Raab Bustamante.jpg
Crepidium quadridentatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Malaxideae
Genus: Crepidium
Blume
Species

see list of species

Synonyms
  • Pterochilus Hook. & Arn.
  • Pseudoliparis Finet
  • Fingardia Szlach.
  • Seidenfia Szlach.
  • Saurolophorkis Marg. & Szlach.
  • Seidenforchis Marg.

see list of species

Crepidium is a genus of orchids. It was previously considered as a synonym of the genus Malaxis, but eventually it has become an accepted name. The genus contains well over 200 species, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia (Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.), northern Australia, New Guinea, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.


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