{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Speciesbox | image = Erasanthe_henrici_Orchi_002.jpg | display_parents = 4 | genus = Erasanthe | parent_authority = P.J.Cribb, Hermans & D.L.Roberts | species = henrici | authority = (Schltr.) P.J.Cribb, Hermans & D.L.Roberts | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WCSP"/> | synonyms = ''Aeranthes henrici'' <small>Schltr.</small> }}
'''''Erasanthe''''' is a genus of epiphytic orchids. It contains only one known species, '''''Erasanthe henrici''''', endemic to Madagascar. Two subspecies are recognized:<ref name="WCSP">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=346829 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Cribb, P., Hermans, J. & Rakotoarinivo, M. (2009). Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar: 1-456. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref><ref>Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref><ref>Cribb PJ, Hermans J & Roberts D L. [http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/10544_a07n1a4.pdf ''Erasanthe'' (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae, Vandeae, Aerangidinae), a new endemic orchid genus from Madagascar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808032208/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/10544_a07n1a4.pdf |date=2011-08-08 }}. Adansonia 2007; 29(1): 27-30.</ref>
*''Erasanthe henrici'' subsp. ''henrici'' *''Erasanthe henrici'' subsp. ''isaloensis'' <small>P.J.Cribb, Hermans & D.L.Roberts</small> (synonym ''Aeranthes henrici'' var. ''isaloensis'' <small>H.Perrier ex Hermans</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.orchidspecies.com/aerhenricii.htm IOSPE orchid photos, ''Erasanthe henrici'']
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Category:Monotypic Epidendroideae genera Category:Vandeae genera Category:Epiphytic orchids Category:Orchids of Madagascar Category:Angraecinae