The genus Eria Lindl. (Orchidaceae Juss.) in Vietnam

The paper deals with the results of long-term investigation of genus Eria in Vietnam – one of the largest orchid genera in flora of Vietnam and in family Orchidaceae as a whole. Many representatives of the genus Eria are not only an important component of primary epiphytic and lithophytic plant communities, but also play an important role in national medicine and may successfully been cultivated as ornamental plants. The brief descriptions of main types of vegetation natural habitats of genus Eria, data about distribution and ecology of genus Eria, about the main lines of morphological evolution, adaptation and specialization of genus Eria are given. The results of geographic and florogenetic analyses of Eria species in Vietnam are given. The conservation status of species of the genus Eria in Vietnam was determined (according to classification IUCN).