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Yoania
Yoania japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Calypsoinae
Genus:	Yoania Maxim., 1873 [1]
Type species
Yoania japonica Maxim.
Synonyms[2]
Yunorchis Z.J.Liu, G.Q.Zhang & M.He Li

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Yoania is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.^[2][3]

This genus is mainly distributed in Japan, but Y. japonica is also found in Assam, China, and Taiwan and Y. prainii is found in the Himalayas and in northern Vietnam.

Species recognized as of November 2020:^[2]

Species formerly included:

• Yoania aberrans Finet, 1900: synonym of Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl., 1833
• Yoania australis Hatch, 1963: synonym of Danhatchia australis (Hatch) Garay & Christenson, 1995

• List of Orchidaceae genera