The taxonomy of the genus Calanthe in Peninsular Malaysia is currently being revised and preliminary results are presented here. Nineteen species are recogn
To most of the people’s belief, orchids produce large, colorful and attractive flowers but it is not true with most of them. The majority of the orchids pr
The circumscription between Tainia Bl. and Ania Lindl. has long been controversial. The phylogenetic position and relationship of these two genera was estab
Gastrochilus D.Don is a genus of epiphytic or lithophytic monopodial orchids represented by 53 species distributed from India to Malesia and Japan (Govaerts
Early classifications and generic boundariesin Orchidaceaerelied mainly on floral morphology, which is malleable in the evolutionary sense and therefore not
Orchids have numerous species, and their speciation rates are presumed exceptionally high, suggesting that orchids are continuously and actively evolving. T
Population genetic study of Arundina graminifolia in Malaysia was carried out using three cpDNA markers, matK, trnT-L and trnS-G. High levels of genetic div