Cheirostylis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cheirostylis']

مصرى: تشيروستيليس
перем коми: Хейростилис
коми: Хейростилис
мокшень: Хейростилис
кырык мары: Хейростилис
удмурт: Хейростилис
中文: 叉柱兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 叉柱兰属
中文（简体）: 叉柱兰属
中文（繁體）: 叉柱蘭屬
中文（香港）: 叉柱蘭屬
中文（新加坡）: 叉柱兰属
中文（臺灣）: 叉柱蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Cranichideae • Subtribus: Goodyerinae • Genus: Cheirostylis Lindl. (1857)

Genus Cheirostylis Lindl. (1857)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Gymnochilus Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 107 (1859) Arisanorchis Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 109 (1914) Mariarisqueta Guinea, Ensayo Geobot. Guin. Continent. Espan.: 268 (1946) Hayata Aver., Taiwania 54: 311 (2009)

57 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 1 May 2021):

C. acuminata, C. barbata, C. bidentata, C. bipunctata, C. calcarata, C. celebensis, C. chinensis, C. clibborndyeri, C. cochinchinensis, C. cristata, C. dendrophila, C. divina, C. filipetala, C. flabellata, C. foliosa, C. glandulifera, C. glandulosa, C. goldschmidtiana, C. grandiflora, C. griffithii, C. gunnarii, C. jamesleungii, C. javanica, C. kabaenae, C. latipetala, C. lepida, C. liukiuensis, C. malipoensis, C. marmorifolia, C. merrillii, C. moniliformis, C. montana, C. monteiroi, C. nantouensis, C. notialis, C. nuda, C. octodactyla, C. orobanchoides, C. ovata, C. parvifolia, C. pingbianensis, C. pubescens, C. pusilla, C. raymundii, C. rubrifolius, C. serpens, C. sessanica, C. sherriffii, C. spathulata, C. tabiyahanensis, C. takeoi, C. thailandica, C. thanmoiensis, C. tippica, C. tortilacinia, C. wenshanensis, C. yunnanensis

Included species (for Tropicos, 1 May 2021):

C. anomala, C. bhotanensis, C. bidentata, C. bipunctata, C. calcarata, C. celebensis, C. chalmersii, C. chinensis, C. clibborndyeri, C. cochinchinensis, C. dendrophila, C. derchiensis, C. didymacantha, C. divina, C. eglandulosa, C. filipetala, C. flabellata, C. foliosa, C. franchetiana, C. goldschmidtiana, C. grandiflora, C. griffithii, C. gunnarii, C. gymnochiloides, C. heterosepala, C. humblotii, C. hungyehensis, C. inabae, C. jamesleungii, C. javanica, C. josephi, C. kabaenae, C. kanarensis, C. kanashiroi, C. latipetala, C. lepida, C. liukiuensis, C. longiflora, C. macrantha, C. malipoensis, C. malleifera, C. marmorata, C. marmorifolia, C. merrillii, C. micrantha, C. moniliformis, C. montana, C. monteiroi, C. munnacampensis, C. nemorosa, C. notialis, C. nuda, C. octodactyla, C. okabeana, C. oligantha, C. orobanchoides, C. ovata, C. pabongnensis, C. parvifolia, C. philippinensis, C. pingbianensis, C. pubescens, C. pusilla, C. quadrilobata, C. raymundi, C. rubrifolius, C. sarcopus, C. schliebenii, C. seidenfadeniana, C. serpens, C. sessanica, C. sherriffii, C. spathulata, C. tabiyahanensis, C. taichungensis, C. tairae, C. taiwanensis, C. takeoi, C. tatewakii, C. thailandica, C. thanmoiensis, C. tippica, C. tortilacinia, C. yunnanensis
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Cheirostylis montana Blume (1825)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierre Leone.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland.
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion.
Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast.
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi.
- Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Australasia
- Australia
  - New South Wales, Queensland.
Pacific
- Southwestern Pacific
  - New Caledonia, Vanuatu.
- Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands.

Selected Weblinks

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