Megastylis
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| Megastylis | |
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| Megastylis gigas, Plaine des Lacs, New Caledonia. Oct. 2000 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Diurideae |
| Subtribe: | Megastylidinae |
| Genus: | Megastylis (Schltr.) Schltr. |
| Type species | |
| Megastylis gigas Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 379 (1911) | |
Megastylis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 known species, all native to Vanuatu and New Caledonia.[1]
- Megastylis gigas (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
- Megastylis latilabris (Schltr.) Schltr.
- Megastylis latissima (Schltr.) Schltr.
- Megastylis montana (Schltr.) Schltr.
- Megastylis paradoxa (Kraenzl.) N.Hallé
- Megastylis rara (Schltr.) Schltr.
