Orestias (plant)

Genus of orchids

Orestias

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Asparagales
Family:  | Orchidaceae
Subfamily:  | Epidendroideae
Tribe:  | Malaxideae
Subtribe:  | Malaxidinae
Genus:  | Orestias
Ridl.

Orestias is a genus of orchids. It has 4 known species, all native to central Africa, including the island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea.[1][2][3]

1. Orestias elegans Ridl. \- São Tomé, Príncipe
2. Orestias foliosa Summerh. in G.M.D.Troupin \- Gabon, Zaire
3. Orestias micrantha Summerh. \- São Tomé, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
4. Orestias stelidostachya (Rchb.f.) Summerh. \- São Tomé

## References

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1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. ^ Margonska, H.B. & Szlachetko, D.L. (2005). Taxonomic revision of the African genus Orestias Ridl. (Malaxidinae, Orchidaceae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B 107: 209-220.
3. ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Taxon identifiers

Orestias|

* Wikidata: Q964184
* Wikispecies: Orestias (Orchidaceae)
* APDB: 193236
* CoL: 8VZXT
* GBIF: 2837185
* GRIN: 8559
* iNaturalist: 576984
* IPNI: 30187-1
* IRMNG: 1371435
* Open Tree of Life: 3992989
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30187-1
* Tropicos: 40033362
* WFO: wfo-4000027133