Cyrtochilum

Cyrtochilum
Cyrtochilum ramosissimum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Genus: Cyrtochilum
Kunth
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Buesiella C.Schweinf.
  • Dasyglossum Königer & Schildh.
  • Irenea Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Romowicz
  • Neodryas Rchb.f.
  • Rusbyella Rolfe
  • Siederella Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Romowicz
  • Trigonochilum Königer & Schildh.
  • Vierlingia Königer

Cyrtochilum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to the Caribbean and to South America from Costa Rica to Peru. The genus was established by Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1978.