Eria is a genus of orchids with more than 50 species distributed in China, the Himalayas, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.^[2][3]

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Eria
Eria javanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Podochileae
Subtribe:	Eriinae
Genus:	Eria Schltr.[1]
Type species
Eria stellata Lindl.
Synonyms[1]
Aporodes (Schltr.) W.Suarez & Cootes Erioxantha Raf. Exeria Raf. Forbesina Ridl. Gunnarorchis Brieger Octomeria D.Don Trichosma Lindl. Xiphosium Griff.

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Eria species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of February 2021:^[1]

Many former Eria species have been recategorized in other genera (e.g. Bryobium, Cylindrolobus, Cryptochilus, Dendrolirium, Mycaranthes, Pinalia, Plocoglottis):^[4][5]

• Eria acervata, now known as Pinalia acervata
• Eria acuminata, now known as Aeridostachya acuminata
• Eria amica, now known as Pinalia amica
• Eria anceps, now known as Mycaranthes anceps
• Eria bambusifolia, now known as Bambuseria bambusifolia
• Eria bipunctata, now known as Pinalia bipunctata
• Eria candoonensis, now known as Mycaranthes candoonensis
• Eria carinata, now known as Cryptochilus acuminatus
• Eria clemensiae, now known as Mycaranthes clemensiae
• Eria cymbidifolia, now known as Ascidieria cymbidifolia
• Eria cyrtosepala, now known as Callostylis cyrtosepala
• Eria davaensis, now known as Mycaranthes davaensis
• Eria dischorensis, now known as Bryobium dischorense
• Eria discolor, now included in Callostylis rigida
• Eria eriaeoides, now known as Bryobium eriaeoides
• Eria excavata, now known as Pinalia excavata
• Eria ferruginea Lindl., now known as Dendrolirium ferrugineum
• Eria ferruginea Teijsm. & Binn., now known as Aeridostachya robusta
• Eria fitzalanii, now known as Pinalia fitzalanii
• Eria gigantea, now known as Mycaranthes gigantea
• Eria globifera, now known as Campanulorchis globifera
• Eria graminifolia, now known as Pinalia graminifolia
• Eria irukandjiana, now known as Bryobium irukandjianum
• Eria kingii F.Muell., now known as Pinalia moluccana
• Eria kingii Hook.f., now known as Mycaranthes oblitterata
• Eria lamellata, now known as Mycaranthes lamellata
• Eria lasiopetala, now known as Dendrolirium lasiopetalum
• Eria leiophylla, now known as Campanulorchis leiophylla
• Eria longibracteata, now known as Mycaranthes longibracteata
• Eria longifolia, now known as Ascidieria longifolia
• Eria mindanaensis, now known as Mycaranthes mindanaensis
• Eria monophylla, now included in Bryobium pudicum
• Eria ornata, now known as Dendrolirium ornatum
• Eria palawanensis, now known as Ascidieria palawanensis
• Eria pellipes, now known as Campanulorchis pellipes
• Eria pholidotoides, is now included in Callostylis rigida
• Eria pulchella, now known as Callostylis pulchella
• Eria queenslandica, now known as Bryobium queenslandicum
• Eria scortechinii, now known as Dilochiopsis scortechinii
• Eria stricta, now known as Pinalia stricta
• Eria vanoverberghii, now known as Mycaranthes vanoverberghii
• Eria zamboangensis, now known as Ascidieria zamboangensis