Amesiella

Amesiella is a member of the tribe VANDEAE which has over 1,700 species in more than 130 genera occuring in

tropical Asia, Pacific Islands, Australia, and Africa. The genus belongs in the subtribe SARCANTHINAE where there are more

than 1,000 species in over 100 genera, including about 208 (38%) hybrid genera; occurs mostly in Asia with a few in Africa.

Grouped in the alliance TRICHOGLOTTIS amongst the genera :
Abdominea, Acampe, Amesiella, Cleisostoma, Gastrochilus,

Neofinetia, Robiquetia, Trichoglottis.

Amesiella is monotypic genus (having only one species) found in the

Philippines. The species (Amesiella philippinensis (Ames) Garay) was found in 1906, discovered by E.D. Merrill on the

forested slopes of Mt. Halcon and described by Professor Oakes Ames in 1907 as Angraecum philippinese.