Ludisia.
Family Orchidaceae > Sub-family Orchidoideae > Tribe Cranichideae > Subtribe Goodyerinae.
The Subtribe Goodyerinae has 37 genera and about 630 species.
Genera include Anoectochilus, Goodyera, Ludisia, Macodes, Microchilus, Odontochilus, Rhomboda and Zeuxine.
Genera have been merged into others and sometimes later reinstated resulting in species with many synonyms.
Classification is still not settled and new species are still being found.
There are also a lot of hybrids.
Jewel orchids are from China and Southeast Asia.
Commonly said to have only 1 species (Ludisia discolor) Plants of the World Online and World Flora Online add a second – Ludisia ravanii.
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