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Genus: Cyrtorchis
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Asparagales
> Family: Orchidaceae
About 16 species (Africa), with four species native to southern Africa.
An additional species is cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
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Cyrtorchis arcuata
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Cyrtorchis crassifolia
[= Homocolleticon crassifolia]
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Cyrtorchis praetermissa
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Cyrtorchis ringens
[=
Homocolleticon ringens]
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Cyrtorchis brownii
Native to tropical Africa. |
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