Cremastra

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cremastra']

English: Handle orchids
مصرى: كريمسترا
日本語: サイハイラン属
перем коми: Кремастра
коми: Кремастра
мокшень: Кремастра
кырык мары: Кремастра
удмурт: Кремастра
中文: 杜鹃兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 杜鹃兰属
中文（简体）: 杜鹃兰属
中文（繁體）: 杜鵑蘭屬
中文（香港）: 杜鵑蘭屬
中文（臺灣）: 杜鵑蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Calypsoeae • Genus: Cremastra Lindl. (1833)

Genus Cremastra Lindl. (1833)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Hyacinthorchis Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 48 (1849)

6 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 17 February 2019):
C. amabilis, C. aphylla, C. appendiculata, C. guizhouensis, C. malipoensis, C. unguiculata

Included species (for Tropicos, 17 February 2019):
C. aphylla, C. appendiculata, C. bifolia, C. guizhouensis, C. lanceolata, C. mitrata, C. triloba, C. unguiculata, C. variabilis, C. wallichiana Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Cremastra appendiculata (D.Don) Makino (1904) - ex - Cremastra wallichiana Lindl. (1833)

Cremastra appendiculata
Type species
Cremastra unguiculata

Native distribution areas

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

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Kuril Islands, Sakhalin.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Thailand, Vietnam.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Cremastra.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Cremastra