Odontochilus is a small genus from the orchid family (Orchidaceae). These terrestrial, mycoparasitic orchids occur from China, Japan, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.Flora of China v 25 p 80, 齿唇兰属 chi chun lan shu, Odontochilus Blume, Fl. Javae Nov. Ser. 1: 66. 1858. The genus is related to Gonatostylis,Alvarez-Molina, A., and K. M. Cameron. (2009) Molecular Phylogenetics of Prescottinae S.l. and Their Close Allies (Orchidaceae, Cranichideae) Inferred from Plastid and Nuclear Ribosomal DNA Sequences. American Journal of Botany 96 (5): 1020–40. endemic to New Caledonia.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepts the following 73 species:
References
External links