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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Gastrochilus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Orchidaceae

Five species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Gastrochilus acutifolius

Native to Nepal and India.

 

Gastrochilus dasypogon

Native to Thailand and Sumatra.

 

Gastrochilus formosanus

Native to Taiwan.

 

Gastrochilus fuscopunctatus

Native to Taiwan.

 

Gastrochilus japonicus

[= Gastrochilus somai]

Native to Taiwan and Japan.