Pelatantheria is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Its species are distributed across China, Japan, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of China v 25 p 456, 钻柱兰属 zuan zhu lan shu, Pelatantheria Ridley, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 371. 1896. Ridley, Henry Nicholas. 1896. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 32: 371
Species Pelatantheria bicuspidata Tang & F.T.Wang - Yunnan, Guizhou, Thailand Pelatantheria cristata (Ridl.) Ridl. - Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra Pelatantheria ctenoglossum Ridl. - Yunnan, Indochina Pelatantheria eakroensis Haager - Vietnam Pelatantheria insectifera (Rchb.f.) Ridl. - Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Pelatantheria rivesii (Guillaumin) Tang & F.T.Wang - Yunnan, Guangxi, Laos, Vietnam Pelatantheria scolopendrifolia (Makino) Aver. - Japan, Korea, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang Pelatantheria woonchengii P.O'Byrne - Thailand
Cultivation Pelatantheria is not commonly found in cultivation and this genus is rarely used in hybridisation. As of February 2022, 11 hybrids have been registered in the International Orchid Register of the Royal Horticultural Society.
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
References
Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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