| Ludisia |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Monocots |
| Order: |
Asparagales |
| Family: |
Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: |
Cranichideae |
| Subtribe: |
Goodyerinae |
| Genus: |
Ludisia
A.Rich. |
| Species: |
L. discolor |
| Binomial name |
Ludisia discolor
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| Synonyms |
- Anoectochilus dawsonianus H.Low ex Rchb.f.
- Anoectochilus ordeanus Jennings
- Dicrophyla elegans Raf., [nom. illeg.]
- Gonogona discolor (Ker Gawl.) Link
- Goodyera discolor Ker Gawl.
- Goodyera ordeana (Jennings) Boxall ex Náves
- Goodyera ordiana B.S.Williams
- Goodyera rodigasciana L.Linden
- Goodyera rubrovenia B.S.Williams
- Haemaria dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Hasselb.
- Haemaria dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb. f.) Hook. f.
- Haemaria discolor (Ker Gawl.) Lindl.
- Haemaria otletae Rolfe
- Haemaria pauciflora Gagnep.
- Haemaria rubrovenia (B.S.Williams) Rchb.f. ex Stein
- Kuhlhasseltia carrii Holttum
- Ludisia dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Aver.
- Ludisia discolor (Ker Gawl.) Blume
- Ludisia furetii Blume
- Ludisia odorata Blume
- Ludisia otletae (Rolfe) Aver.
- Myoda rufescens Lindl.
- Neottia discolor (Ker Gawl.) Steud.
- Orchiodes discolor (Ker Gawl.) Kuntze
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Ludisia (Lus.) is a genus of orchids that was thought to contain just one species, Ludisia discolor, commonly referred to as jewel orchid. A second species, Ludisia ravanii, from the Philippines, was described in 2013. Ludisia discolor is native to Southern China, Northeast India, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Myanmar, and often cultivated.