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Nervilia
Nervilia is a genus of orchid with about 65 species widely distributed across most of sub-Saharan Africa, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, India, China, Japan, Indochina, Indonesia, etc.), Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Six species occur in Australia (2 or 3 of these endemic), with 16 in India, 10 in China and 5 in South Africa.
50 branches of this genus, most-observed first
tall shield orchid
speciesNervilia concolor
Nervilia plicata
speciesNervilia plicata
Nervilia simplex
speciesNervilia simplex
Nervilia taiwaniana
speciesNervilia taiwaniana
Nervilia bicarinata
speciesNervilia bicarinata
Nervilia kotschyi
speciesNervilia kotschyi
Nervilia holochila
speciesNervilia holochila
Nervilia infundibulifolia
speciesNervilia infundibulifolia
Nervilia hirsuta
speciesNervilia hirsuta
Nervilia lilacea
speciesNervilia lilacea
Nervilia adolphi
speciesNervilia adolphi
Nervilia punctata
speciesNervilia punctata
Nervilia lanyuensis
speciesNervilia lanyuensis
Nervilia petraea
speciesNervilia petraea
Nervilia tahanshanensis
speciesNervilia tahanshanensis
Nervilia shirensis
speciesNervilia shirensis
Nervilia cumberlegii
speciesNervilia cumberlegii
Nervilia nipponica
speciesNervilia nipponica
Nervilia alishanensis
speciesNervilia alishanensis
Nervilia jacksoniae
speciesNervilia jacksoniae
Nervilia leguminosarum
speciesNervilia leguminosarum
Nervilia stolziana
speciesNervilia stolziana
Nervilia taitoensis
speciesNervilia taitoensis
Nervilia ballii
speciesNervilia ballii
Nervilia campestris
speciesNervilia campestris
Nervilia pudica
speciesNervilia pudica
Nervilia renschiana
speciesNervilia renschiana
Nervilia trangensis
speciesNervilia trangensis
Nervilia purpureotincta
speciesNervilia purpureotincta
Nervilia platychila
speciesNervilia platychila
Nervilia juliana
speciesNervilia juliana
Nervilia borneensis
speciesNervilia borneensis
Nervilia mackinnonii
speciesNervilia mackinnonii
Nervilia fordii
speciesNervilia fordii
Nervilia macroglossa
speciesNervilia macroglossa
Nervilia subintegra
speciesNervilia subintegra
Nervilia singaporensis
speciesNervilia singaporensis
Nervilia peltata
speciesNervilia peltata
Nervilia uniflora
speciesNervilia uniflora
Nervilia pectinata
speciesNervilia pectinata
Nervilia affinis
speciesNervilia affinis
Nervilia muratana
speciesNervilia muratana
Nervilia dilatata
speciesNervilia dilatata
Nervilia marmorata
speciesNervilia marmorata
Nervilia viridis
speciesNervilia viridis
Nervilia gracilis
speciesNervilia gracilis
Nervilia acuminata
speciesNervilia acuminata
Nervilia trichophylla
speciesNervilia trichophylla
Nervilia palawensis
speciesNervilia palawensis
Nervilia hispida
speciesNervilia hispida
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 369229.