Isochilus

Taxobox
name = "Isochilus"

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image_caption = "Isochilus linearis", Illustration.
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Epidendreae
subtribus = Laeliinae
alliance = Isochilus
genus = "Isochilus"
genus_authority = R.Br.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Isochilus carnosiflorus"
*"Isochilus linearis"
*"Isochilus major"
*etc.

"Isochilus" is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) with 7 species. They are lowland epiphytes mainly found in Central America, from Cuba and Mexico to Argentina.

Characteristics of this genus include slender canelike stems with narrow distichous flat leaves and small sessile tube flowers carried at the tip of the cane.