Chiloschista

Chiloschista
Chiloschista
Chiloschista usneoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Alliance: Phalaenopsis
Genus: Chiloschista
Lindl.

Chiloschista, abbreviated Chsch in the horticultural trade, is a genus of orchid, comprising more than 20 species native to Southeast Asia. Unlike the majority of orchids, they tend to be leafless or with only a few occasional leaves, being composed principally of aerial roots equipped with photosynthetic cells.

List of species

  1. Chiloschista extinctoriformis Seidenf., Opera Bot. 95: 178 (1988)
  2. Chiloschista exuperei (Guillaumin) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 166 (1972)
  3. Chiloschista fasciata (F.Muell.) Seidenf. & Ormerod, Opera Bot. 124: 64 (1995)
  4. Chiloschista glandulosa Blatt. & McCann, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 488 (1932)
  5. Chiloschista godefroyana (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 275 (1919)
  6. Chiloschista guangdongensis Z.H.Tsi, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 481 (1984
  7. Chiloschista loheri Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56: 491 (1921)
  8. Chiloschista lunifera (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm., Orch. Java: 553 (1905
  9. Chiloschista parishii Seidenf., Opera Bot. 95: 176 (1988)
  10. Chiloschista phyllorhiza (F.Muell.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56: 492 (1921
  11. Chiloschista ramifera Seidenf., Opera Bot. 95: 179 (1988)
  12. Chiloschista rodriguezii Cavestro & Ormerod, Orchidophile (Asnières) 166: 180 (2005)
  13. Chiloschista segawae (Masam.) Masam. & Fukuy., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 52: 247 (1938)
  14. Chiloschista sweelimii Holttum, Orchid Rev. 74: 147 (1966)
  15. Chiloschista taeniophyllum (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56: 492 (1921)
  16. Chiloschista treubii (J.J.Sm.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56: 492 (1921)
  17. Chiloschista trudelii Seidenf., Orchidee (Hamburg) 38: 310 (1987)
  18. Chiloschista usneoides (D.Don) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1522 (1832)
  19. Chiloschista viridiflava Seidenf., Opera Bot. 95: 175 (1988)
  20. Chiloschista yunnanensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 74 (1919)