Acriopsis

Taxobox
name = "Acriopsis"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Higher Epidendroideae
tribus = Cymbidieae
subtribus = Acriopsidinae
genus = "Acriopsis"
genus_authority = Blume
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Acriopsis annamica"
*"Acriopsis borneensis"
*"Acriopsis carrii"
*"Acriopsis densiflora"
**"Acriopsis densiflora" var. "borneensis"
*"Acriopsis floribunda"
*"Acriopsis gracilis"
*"Acriopsis indica"
*"Acriopsis insulari-silvatica"
*"Acriopsis javanica"
*"Acriopsis latifolia"
*"Acriopsis liliifolia"
*"Acriopsis nelsoniana"
*"Acriopsis papuana"
*"Acriopsis philippinensis"
*"Acriopsis purpurea"
*"Acriopsis ridleyi"
*"Acriopsis sumatrana"
type_species = "Acriopsis javanica"
type_species_authority = Reinwardt ex Blume

"Acriopsis" is a genus of orchids and the sole member of its subtribe, the Acriopsidinae. It consists of about 17 species, and was established by Carl Blume in 1825. The name refers to its flower's resemblance to locust. This genus have been sighted throughout Indochina, Guinea, Sulawesi, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Northern Australia.