Pecteilis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across eastern and southern Asia including the Russian Far East, China, Japan, India, Pakistan, Indochina, and Indonesia.[1][2][3][4]

Pecteilis
Pecteilis radiata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Pecteilis
Raf.
Type species
Pecteilis susannae
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemihabenaria Finet
  • Parhabenaria Gagnep.

Species

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Image Scientific name Distribution Elevation (m)
Pecteilis cambodiana (Gagnep.) Aver. Cambodia, Vietnam
Pecteilis cochinchinensis (Gagnep.) Aver. Vietnam
  Pecteilis gigantea (Sm.) Raf. India, Pakistan, Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar

2,200 metres (7,200 ft)

  Pecteilis hawkesiana (King & Pantl.) C.S.Kumar Myanmar, Thailand 125–800 metres (410–2,625 ft)
Pecteilis henryi Schltr. Yunnan, Himalayas, Assam, India, Indochina 670–1,900 metres (2,200–6,230 ft)
Pecteilis korigadensis Jalal & Jayanthi India (Maharashtra) 640 metres (2,100 ft)
Pecteilis ophiocephala (W.W.Sm.) Ormerod Myanmar, China (Yunnan)
  Pecteilis radiata (Thunb.) Raf. Primorye, Henan, Japan, Korea 1,500 metres (4,900 ft)
  Pecteilis susannae (L.) Raf. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam 350–2,500 metres (1,150–8,200 ft)
Pecteilis triflora (D.Don) Tang & F.T.Wang Bangladesh, India, Nepal 400–1,500 metres (1,300–4,900 ft)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 339 ff. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  3. ^ Flora of China v 25 p 136, 白蝶兰属 bai die lan shu, Pecteilis Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 37. 1837.
  4. ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 37.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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