Sarcostoma

Taxobox
name = "Sarcostoma"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Podochilaeae
subtribus = Eriinae
alliance = Ceratostylis
genus = "Sarcostoma"
genus_authority = Blume
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Sarcostoma borneense"
*"Sarcostoma brevipes"
*"Sarcostoma celebicum"
*"Sarcostoma javanica" (type species)
*"Sarcostoma subulatum"

"Sarcostoma" is a genus of epiphytic orchids with 5 species endemic to Malaysia. The rhizomes are short and branched, with short stems bearing 1-3 apical leaves and a single resupinate flower. The sepals are lateral, and the lip trilobed. "Sarcostoma" is similar to "Dendrobium" and especially "Ceratostylis" in having the foot of the column forming a projecting mentum. However it is distinguished from the latter genus (in which it was formerly included) by the lack of arms on the column and by the presence of 4 rather than 8 pollinia.

References

*cite web
url = http://www.orchidspecies.com/sarcosjavanica.htm
title = Sarcostoma javanica Bl. 1825
publisher = orchidspecies.com
accessdate = 2008-02-21
*cite book
title = Genera Orchidacearum
first = Alec M. | last = Pridgeon
publisher = Oxford University Press
date = 2005
page = 579-581
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=MC4C8Vv0sR4C&pg=RA2-PA579&lpg=RA2-PA579&dq=sarcostoma+orchid&source=web&ots=hp4Zl7qBp4&sig=7FzZjfQN7KkuqjkIwXkha6JtO5M#PRA2-PA579,M1
accessdate = 2008-02-21