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Aphyllorchis
| Pauper orchids | |
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| Aphyllorchis montana in the Gunung Leuser National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Neottieae |
| Genus: | Aphyllorchis Blume[1] |
| Type species | |
| Aphyllorchis pallida | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sinorchis S.C.Chen | |
Aphyllorchis, commonly known as pauper orchids[2] or as 無葉蘭屬/无叶兰属 (wu ye lan shu),[3] is a genus of about twenty species of terrestrial leafless orchids in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus have fleshy, upright stems and small to medium-sized resupinate flowers with narrow sepals and petals. They are native to a region extending from India east to China and Japan, south to Indonesia, New Guinea and Queensland.
- ^ a b "Aphyllorchis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 366. ISBN 1877069124.
- ^ Chen, Xinqi; Gale, Stephen W. "Aphyllorchis". Flora of China. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
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