- Polystachya
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Polystachya Polystachya laxiflora Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta (unranked): Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae Subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Vandeae Subtribe: Polystachyinae Genus: Polystachya
Hook.Species About 100, see text
Synonyms Epiphora Lindl.
Nienokuea A. Chev.Polystachya, abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is the type genus of the subtribe Polystachyinae. It contains about 100 species.
Selected species
- Polystachya bicalcarata
- Polystachya concreta
- Polystachya cooperi
- Polystachya cultriformis
- Polystachya farinosa
- Polystachya geniculata
- Polystachya kupensis
- Polystachya laxiflora
- Polystachya longiscapa Summerh.
- Polystachya maculata
- Polystachya oligophylla
- Polystachya puberula
- Polystachya rivae
- Polystachya subdiphylla
- Polystachya superposita
- Polystachya victoriae
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