Oberonia Fairy Orchids |
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Oberonia titania illustration by Lewis Roberts | |
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Oberonia sp. Nagara Hole National Park, India |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Malaxideae |
Genus: |
Oberonia Lindl. (1830) |
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Oberonia or Fairy Orchids form a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains almost 200 known species, native to tropical Africa, southern Asia (India, China, Japan, Indochina, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.), Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.