Thunia

(pronounced: THOO-nee-ah)

Classification

Coelogyneae subtribe Thuniinae

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Etymology

Named to honor Count von Thun Hohenstein of Tetschin, Bohemia.

Distribution

A genus of four species from the Himalayas and Indochina.

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Literature

Seidenfaden, G. 1986. Orchid genera in Thailand XIII. Thirty-three epidendroid genera. Opera Bot. 89:1-214.
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