Myrmechis

 ( Cranichideae Genera ) 

Myrmechis is a genus of from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to eastern and southeastern Asia from the Kuril Islands south to New Guinea, west to the Himalayas. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Flora of China v 25 p 63, 全唇兰属 quan chun lan shu, Myrmechis (Lindley) Blume, Coll. Orchid. 76. 1859.

1. Myrmechis aurea (J.J.Sm.) Schuit. - Maluku
2. Myrmechis bakhimensis D.Maity, N.Pradhan & Maiti - Sikkim
3. Myrmechis bilobulifera (J.J.Sm.) Schuit. - Sulawesi
4. Myrmechis chalmersii (Schltr.) Schuit. - New Guinea
5. Myrmechis chinensis Rolfe - Sichuan, Hubei, Fujian
6. Myrmechis drymoglossifolia Hayata - Taiwan
7. Myrmechis glabra Blume - Java
8. Myrmechis gracilis (Blume) Blume - Java, Sumatra, Philippines
9. Myrmechis japonica (Rchb.f.) Rolfe - Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Fujian, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
10. Myrmechis kinabaluensis Carr - Sabah
11. Myrmechis perpusilla Ames - Luzon
12. Myrmechis philippinensiis Ames - Philippines
13. Myrmechis pumila (Hook.f.) Tang & F.T.Wang - Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
14. Myrmechis quadrilobata (Schltr.) Schuit. - Sulawesi
15. Myrmechis seranica J.J.Sm. - Seram
16. Myrmechis tsukusiana Masam. - Yakushima
17. Myrmechis urceolata Tang & K.Y.Lang - Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan

• List of Orchidaceae genera

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart