title: Odontochilus
text: # Odontochilus
  
  Odontochilus is a small genus from the orchid family (Orchidaceae). These terrestrial, mycoparasitic orchids occur from China, Japan, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia. The genus is related to Gonatostylis, endemic to New Caledonia.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species accepted as of June 2014:
  
  * Odontochilus acalcaratus (Aver.) Ormerod (2002). - southern Vietnam
  * Odontochilus asraoa (J.Joseph & Abbar.) Ormerod (2005) - India, Nepal, Bhutan
  * Odontochilus brevistylus Hook.f., (1890) - Tibet, Yunnan, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
  * Odontochilus clarkei Hook.f. (1890) - India, Bhutan, Assam, Tibet, Myanmar
  * Odontochilus crispus (Lindl.) Hook.f. (1890) - India, Bhutan, Assam, Tibet, Myanmar, Yunnan
  * Odontochilus degeneri L.O.Williams (1942) - Fiji
  * Odontochilus duplex (Holttum) Ormerod (2005) - Thailand, Malaysia
  * Odontochilus elwesii C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. (1890) - India, Bhutan, Assam, Tibet, Myanmar, Taiwan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan
  * Odontochilus grandiflorus (Lindl.) Hook.f. (1890) - Bhutan, Assam
  * Odontochilus guangdongensis S.C.Chen, S.W.Gale & P.J.Cribb (2009) - Guangdong, Hunan
  * Odontochilus hasseltii (Blume) J.J.Wood (2011) - Borneo, Java, Sumatra
  * Odontochilus hydrocephalus (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Wood (2011)- Borneo
  * Odontochilus inabae (Hayata) Hayata ex T.P.Lin - Japan, Yakushima, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Vietnam
  * Odontochilus lanceolatus (Lindl.) Blume (1859) - India, Bhutan, Assam, Tibet, Myanmar, Sikkim, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan
  * Odontochilus longiflorus (Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. (1894) - New Guinea, Solomons, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu
  * Odontochilus macranthus Hook.f. (1890) - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand
  * Odontochilus nanlingensis (L.P.Siu & K.Y.Lang) Ormerod (2003) - Guangdong, Taiwan
  * Odontochilus poilanei (Gagnep.) Ormerod (2002) - Japan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Tibet, Yunnan
  * Odontochilus reniformis (Hook.f.) Ormerod (1998) - Perak
  * Odontochilus saprophyticus (Aver.) Ormerod (2003) - Hainan, Vietnam
  * Odontochilus serriformis (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Wood (2011) - Sabah
  * Odontochilus tashiroi (Maxim.) Makino (1900) - Ryukyu Islands
  * Odontochilus tetrapterus (Hook.f.) Av.Bhattacharjee & H.J.Chowdhery (2011) - Manipur
  * Odontochilus tortus King & Pantl. (1896) - Guangxi, Hainan, Tibet, Yunnan, Assam, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  * Odontochilus umbrosus (Aver.) Ormerod (2002) - Vietnam
  * Odontochilus uniflorus (Blume) H.A.Pedersen & Ormerod (2009) - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand
  