Yoania

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

Distribution

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

Species

• Yoania amagiensis Nakai & F.Maek, 1931
• Yoania flava K.Inoue & T.Yukawa, 2002
• Yoania japonica Maxim., 1873
• Yoania prainii King & Pantl.,1898

Species brought into synonymy 

• Yoania aberrans Finet, 1900 : synonym of Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl., 1833
• Yoania australis Hatch, 1963 : synonym of Danhatchia australis (Hatch) Garay & Christenson, 1995
• Yoania japonica var. amagiensis (Nakai & F.Maek.) M.Hiroe, 1971 : synonym of Yoania amagiensis Nakai & F.Maek., 1931
• Yoania japonica var. squamipes Fukuy., 1938 : synonym of Yoania japonica Maxim., 1873
• Yoania squamipes (Fukuy.) Masam. 1974 : synonym of Yoania japonica Maxim., 1873