Genus Oberonia section Platystreptus
Genus Oberonia section Platystreptus Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1911) 151
Synonyms:
Stem usually elongated, limply pendulous, very flat, undulating. Leaves soft and rather thin-textured, rather limp, very thin after dried for herbarium; leaf blades not articulated with the sheaths. Ovaries usually hairy. Flowers more or less curved, perianth turned to the apex of the inflorescence. Lip usually fairly simple, base heart-shaped with distinct auricles and then either narrowly tapering or widened again into a two-lobed blade at the apex.
(After Schlechter, 1912)
West and East Malesia
Epiphytes in lowland forest to lower montane forest. Altitude 20 to 1300 m
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Malaxideae
- Section Platystreptus
Genus Oberonia section Platystreptus in New Guinea contains 7 species
Oberonia bilobata
Oberonia cardiochila
Oberonia fallax
Oberonia longicaulis
Oberonia monstruosa
Oberonia papillosa
Oberonia platychila
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Genus Oberonia section Platystreptus
Oberonia longicaulis Schltr., drawing R. Schlechter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 21 (1923) t. 59, fig. 207