{{Short description|Genus of orchids}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Appendicula australiensis.JPG | image_caption = ''Podochilus australiensis'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Podochilus | authority = Schltr.<ref name="WCSP">{{cite web |url=http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=161695 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016211511/https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=161695 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 16, 2022 |title=''Podochilus'' |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew }}</ref> | type_species = ''Podochilus lucescens'' | type_species_authority = Blume | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WCSP"/> | synonyms = * ''Apista'' <small>Blume</small> * ''Cryptoglottis'' <small>Blume</small> * ''Platysma'' <small>Blume</small> * ''Placostigma'' <small>Blume</small> * ''Hexameria'' <small>R. Br.</small> }}

'''''Podochilus''''' is a genus of about 65 species of small, moss-like epiphytic orchids, distributed across China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia (Indochina, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.,) New Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands.<ref name="dax">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=161695 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=126163 Flora of China v 25 p 365, 柄唇兰属 bing chun lan shu, ''Podochilus'' Blume, Bijdr. 295. 1825. ]</ref>

== List of species == The following is a list of species of ''Podochilus'' accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at January 2019:<ref name="WCSP" /> {{div col|colwidth=35em}} * ''Podochilus anguinus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus appendiculatus'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus auriculigerus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus australiensis'' <small>(F.M.Bailey) Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus banaensis'' <small>Ormerod</small> * ''Podochilus bancanus'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus bicaudatus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus bilabiatus'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus bilobulatus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus bimaculatus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus cucullatus'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus cultratus'' <small>Lindl.</small> * ''Podochilus cumingii'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus densiflorus'' <small>Blume</small> * ''Podochilus falcatus'' <small>Lindl.</small> * ''Podochilus falcipetalus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus filiformis'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus forficuloides'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus gracilis'' <small>(Blume) Lindl.</small> * ''Podochilus hellwigii'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus hystricinus'' <small>Ames</small> * ''Podochilus imitans'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus intermedius'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus intricatus'' <small>Ames</small> * ''Podochilus khasianus'' <small>Hook.f.</small> * ''Podochilus klossii'' <small>Ormerod</small> * ''Podochilus lamii'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus lancilabris'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus lobatipetalus'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus longilabris'' <small>Ames</small> * ''Podochilus lucescens'' <small>Blume</small> * ''Podochilus malabaricus'' <small>Wight</small> * ''Podochilus marsupialis'' <small>Schuit.</small> * ''Podochilus mentawaiensis'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus microphyllus'' <small>Lindl.</small> * ''Podochilus minahassae'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus muricatus'' <small>(Teijsm. & Binn.) Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus obovatipetalus'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus oxyphyllus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus oxystophylloides'' <small>Ormerod</small> * ''Podochilus pachyrhizus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus plumosus'' <small>Ames</small> * ''Podochilus polytrichoides'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus ramosii'' <small>Ames</small> * ''Podochilus rhombeus'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus rhombipetalus'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus rotundipetala'' <small>Aver. & Vuong</small> * ''Podochilus saxatilis'' <small>Lindl.</small> * ''Podochilus scalpelliformis'' <small>Blume</small> * ''Podochilus schistantherus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus sciuroides'' <small>Rchb.f.</small> * ''Podochilus serpyllifolius'' <small>(Blume) Lindl.</small> * ''Podochilus similis'' <small>Blume</small> * ''Podochilus smithianus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus spathulatus'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus steinii'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus strictus'' <small>Ames</small> * ''Podochilus sumatranus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus sumatrensis'' <small>Ridl.</small> * ''Podochilus tenuis'' <small>(Blume) Lindl.</small> * ''Podochilus tmesipteris'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus trichocarpus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus truncatus'' <small>J.J.Sm.</small> * ''Podochilus warianus'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Podochilus warnagalensis'' <small>Wijew.</small> {{div col end}}

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Category:Podochileae genera Category:Eriinae Category:Epiphytic orchids

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