Cremastra

Cremastra
File:Cremastra appendiculata 1.JPG
Cremastra appendiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Calypsoeae
Genus:	Cremastra Lindl. (1833)
Synonyms
Hyacinthorchis Blume

Cremastra is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 4 currently recognized species (as of May 2014), native to China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, the Himalayas, and the Russian Far East.

• Cremastra aphylla T.Yukawa - Japan

• Cremastra appendiculata (D.Don) Makino
  • Cremastra appendiculata var. appendiculata - Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Nepal, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Cremastra appendiculata var. variabilis (Blume) I.D.Lund - Kuril, Sakhalin, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Anhui, Chongqing, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang

• Cremastra guizhouensis Q.H.Chen & S.C.Chen - Guizhou

• Cremastra unguiculata (Finet) Finet - Jiangxi, Korea, Japan

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• Lindley, J. (1833) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 172.
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 99 ff. Oxford University Press.

External links

• Media related to Cremastra at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Cremastra at Wikispecies