Cyrtorchis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cyrtorchis']

suomi: Sädekämmekät
мокшень: Цирторхис
кырык мары: Цирторхис
中文: 弧距兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 弧距兰属
中文（臺灣）: 弧距蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Angraecinae • Genus: Cyrtorchis Schltr. (1914)

Genus Cyrtorchis Schltr. (1914)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Homocolleticon (Summerh.) Szlach. & Olszewski in Fl. Cameroun 36: 727 (2001)

18 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 29 November 2017):
C. arcuata, C. aschersonii, C. brownii, C. chailluana, C. crassifolia, C. erythraeae, C. glaucifolia, C. guillaumetii, C. hamata, C. henriquesiana, C. injoloensis, C. letouzeyi, C. monteiroae, C. neglecta, C. praetermissa, C. ringens, C. seretii, C. submontana

Included species (for Tropicos, 29 November 2017):

C. aberrans, C. acuminata, C. angustifolia, C. arcuata, C. aschersonii, C. belloneorum, C. bistorta, C. bracteata, C. brownii, C. buchholziana, C. chailluana, C. crassifolia, C. crenata, C. cufodontii, C. droogmansiana, C. ealaensis, C. erythraeae, C. glaucifolia, C. guillaumetii, C. hamata, C. helicocalcar, C. henriquesiana, C. hookeri, C. injoloensis, C. latibracteata, C. letouzeyi, C. monteiroae, C. neglecta, C. praetermissa, C. refracta, C. ringens, C. sedeni, C. seretii, C. subcylindrifolia, C. submontana, C. whytei
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Cyrtorchis arcuata (Lindl.) Schltr. (1914)

Native distribution areas

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

Africa
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Eritrea, Ethiopia.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland.
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.

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Cyrtorchis

Genus Cyrtorchis Schltr. (1914)

18 Species

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