Back Stereosandra Spanish Стереосандра KOI Стереосандра KV Стереосандра MRJ Stereosandra Dutch Stereosandra Portuguese Стереосандра UDM Stereosandra Vietnamese 肉药兰属 Chinese
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Nervilieae |
| Subtribe: | Epipogiinae |
| Genus: | Stereosandra Blume |
| Species: | S. javanica
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| Binomial name | |
| Stereosandra javanica | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Stereosandra is a genus of leafless orchids native to Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia), the range extending north to Yunnan, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands, and also eastward to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Samoa. These are myco-heterotrophic orchids, lacking chlorophyll, obtaining nutrients from fungi in the soil instead.
As of June 2014, only one species is recognized: Stereosandra javanica.[1][2][3]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China v 25 p 207, 肉药兰属 rou yao lan shu, Stereosandra Blume, Mus. Bot. 2: 176. 1856.
- ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 527 ff. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.