Common products:
- Live plants of Agrostophyllum callosum are cultivated and sold in the ornamental‑plant trade, primarily through orchid nurseries and hobbyist markets. The species is offered as a potted epiphytic orchid and occasionally as cut flower spikes for floral arrangements, valued for its large, fragrant inflorescences.

Properties relevant to use:
- The plant is an epiphyte with robust, leathery leaves and tall, branched flower spikes bearing numerous pink‑ish to white flowers. Flowers emit a strong scent and have a relatively long vase life, traits that contribute to its ornamental appeal and suitability for cut‑flower use.

Standards and regulation:
- Agrostophyllum callosum is listed in CITES Appendix II, requiring export and import permits for international trade. National regulations in the species’ native range (e.g., Papua New Guinea’s Department of Environment) also govern collection and export, enforcing permits and documentation.

Sustainability and sourcing:
- Wild populations are subject to collection pressure; therefore, trade is encouraged to source cultivated specimens from licensed nurseries that operate under CITES permits. Sustainable horticulture practices (seedling propagation, tissue culture) are promoted to reduce pressure on natural habitats.

Scientific/model use:
- The species serves as a model organism in orchid research focusing on mycorrhizal symbiosis, pollination ecology, and phylogenetic relationships. DNA sequences are deposited in GenBank and herbarium vouchers are available in global databases (e.g., Kew’s Herbarium Catalogue). It is also used in tissue‑culture and micropropagation studies to develop propagation protocols for conservation and commercial production.

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	himalayan grass-leaf orchid
Spanish	appendicula stipulata
Spanish	appendicula callosa
Spanish	appendiculopsis bicuspidata
Spanish	appendiculopsis celebica
Spanish	appendiculopsis confusa
Spanish	appendiculopsis stipulata
Spanish	podochilus callosus
Chinese	禾叶兰
Chinese	禾葉蘭

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native

Asia-temperate click to expand
- China
  - China South-central
  - Hainan
  - Tibet

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam
  - Bangladesh
  - East Himalaya
  - Nepal
- Indo-China
  - Laos
  - Myanmar
  - Thailand
  - Vietnam

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000926168
Tropicos	23500023
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:615423-1
The Plant List	kew-4852
Open Tree Of Life	3988530
NCBI Taxonomy	1855354
IPNI	615423-1
iNaturalist	976165
GBIF	2802835
EOL	1092244

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Comparative and phylogenetic analyses of six Kenya Polystachya (Orchidaceae) species based on the complete chloroplast genome sequences

Jiang H, Tian J, Yang J, Dong X, Zhong Z, Mwachala G, Zhang C, Hu G, Wang Q

BMC Plant Biol

06-Apr-2022

PMCID:	PMC8985347
doi:	10.1186/s12870-022-03529-5
PMID:	35387599

Dihydrophenanthrenes from medicinal plants of Orchidaceae: A review

Qi JX, Zhou D, Jiang WR, Chen G, Li W, Li N

Chin Herb Med

07-Oct-2021

PMCID:	PMC9476782
doi:	10.1016/j.chmed.2021.10.004
PMID:	36119366

Epiphytic Orchid Diversity along an Altitudinal Gradient in Central Nepal

Timsina B, Kindlmann P, Subedi S, Khatri S, Rokaya MB

Plants (Basel)

06-Jul-2021

PMCID:	PMC8309340
doi:	10.3390/plants10071381
PMID:	34371584

Cytotoxic Phenanthrene, Dihydrophenanthrene, and Dihydrostilbene Derivatives and Other Aromatic Compounds from Combretum laxum

Bisoli E, Freire TV, Yoshida NC, Garcez WS, Queiróz LM, Matos MD, Perdomo RT, Garcez FR

Molecules

10-Jul-2020

PMCID:	PMC7397156
doi:	10.3390/molecules25143154
PMID:	32664233

Plastid Genome Evolution in the Subtribe Calypsoinae (Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae)

Li ZH, Jiang Y, Ma X, Li JW, Yang JB, Wu JY, Jin XH

Genome Biol Evol

14-May-2020

PMCID:	PMC7313661
doi:	10.1093/gbe/evaa091
PMID:	32386305

Distribution of vascular epiphytes along a tropical elevational gradient: disentangling abiotic and biotic determinants

Ding Y, Liu G, Zang R, Zhang J, Lu X, Huang J

Sci Rep

22-Jan-2016

PMCID:	PMC4726354
doi:	10.1038/srep19706
PMID:	26796667

Secondary Metabolites of Plants

Teoh ES

Medicinal Orchids of Asia

05-Nov-2015

PMCID:	PMC7123774
doi:	10.1007/978-3-319-24274-3_5

Genus: Calanthe to Cyrtosia

Teoh ES

Medicinal Orchids of Asia

05-Nov-2015

PMCID:	PMC7123092
doi:	10.1007/978-3-319-24274-3_9

Antioxidant Biomarkers from Vanda coerulea Stems Reduce Irradiated HaCaT PGE-2 Production as a Result of COX-2 Inhibition

Simmler C, Antheaume C, Lobstein A

PLoS One

28-Oct-2010

PMCID:	PMC2965657
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0013713
PMID:	21060890

Stilbenoids from the orchids Agrostophyllum callosum and Coelogyne flaccida

P.L. Majumder, S. Banerjee, D.C. Maiti, S. Sen

Elsevier BV

30-Apr-2003

doi:	10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z

Dimeric phenathrenes from two Agrostophyllum species

P.L. Majumder, S. Banerjee, S. Lahiri, N. Mukhoti, S. Sen

Elsevier BV

23-Apr-2003

doi:	10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00667-5

Three stilbenoids from the orchid Agrostophyllum callosum

P.L. Majumder, S. Banerjee, S. Sen

Elsevier BV

23-Apr-2003

doi:	10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X

Triterpenoids from the orchids Agrostophyllum brevipes and Agrostophyllum callosum.

Majumder PL, Majumder S, Sen S

Phytochemistry

01-Feb-2003

doi:	10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00487-9
PMID:	12560031

Agrostophyllol and isoagrostophyllol, two novel diastereomeric 9,10-dihydrophenanthropyran derivatives from the orchid Agrostophyllum callosum

P.L. Majumder, S. Sen, S. Banerjee

Elsevier BV

26-Jul-2002

doi:	10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives / Gallic acid and derivatives
Syringic Acid	10742	Click to see	198.17	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X
> Benzenoids / Phenanthrenes and derivatives
(3R)-3-ethoxy-5-methoxy-2-oxatetracyclo[6.6.2.04,16.011,15]hexadeca-1(14),4(16),5,7,11(15),12-hexaene-6,13-diol	162846311	Click to see	314.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X
(3R)-5-methoxy-2-oxatetracyclo[6.6.2.04,16.011,15]hexadeca-1(14),4(16),5,7,11(15),12-hexaene-3,6,13-triol	100961315	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2CCC3=C4C2=C1C(OC4=CC(=C3)O)O)O	286.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4
(3S)-5-methoxy-2-oxatetracyclo[6.6.2.04,16.011,15]hexadeca-1(14),4(16),5,7,11(15),12-hexaene-3,6,13-triol	100961314	Click to see	286.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4
2,3,5,7-Tetramethoxyphenanthrene	101995283	Click to see	298.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00487-9
3-Ethoxy-5-methoxy-2-oxatetracyclo[6.6.2.04,16.011,15]hexadeca-1(14),4(16),5,7,11(15),12-hexaene-6,13-diol	101995816	Click to see	314.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00667-5
5-Methoxy-2-oxatetracyclo[6.6.2.04,16.011,15]hexadeca-1(14),4(16),5,7,11(15),12-hexaene-3,6,13-triol	163015465	Click to see	286.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4
5,6,13-Trimethoxy-2-oxatetracyclo[6.6.2.04,16.011,15]hexadeca-1(14),4(16),5,7,11(15),12-hexaene	14235433	Click to see	298.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z
Flaccidin	14235431	Click to see	270.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00667-5
Imbricatin	14237636	Click to see	270.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X
Isooxoflaccidin	14890492	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2CCC3=C4C2=C1C(=O)OC4=CC(=C3)O)O	284.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X
Oxoflaccidin	14237635	Click to see	284.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00667-5 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X
> Benzenoids / Phenanthrenes and derivatives / Hydrophenanthrenes
2,3,5,7-Tetramethoxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene	26195381	Click to see	300.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00487-9 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X
3,5-Dimethoxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene-2,7-diol	45267920	Click to see COC1=CC(=CC2=C1C3=CC(=C(C=C3CC2)O)OC)O	272.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X
Callosin	86182261	Click to see	272.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z
Orchinol	181686	Click to see COC1=CC2=C(C3=C(CC2)C=C(C=C3)O)C(=C1)OC	256.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00667-5
> Benzenoids / Phenanthrenes and derivatives / Phenanthrols
1-(2,6-Dihydroxy-4,7-dimethoxyphenanthren-1-yl)-4,7-dimethoxyphenanthrene-2,6-diol	86198082	Click to see	538.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00667-5
2,2',7,7'-Tetrahydroxy-4,4',6,6'-tetramethoxy-1,1'-biphenanthrene	44600287	Click to see	538.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00667-5
6,13-Dihydroxy-5-methoxy-2-oxatetracyclo[6.6.2.04,16.011,15]hexadeca-1(15),4(16),5,7,9,11,13-heptaen-3-one	14890491	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C=CC3=CC(=CC4=C3C2=C1C(=O)O4)O)O	282.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z
Agrostophyllin	442693	Click to see COC1=CC2=C3C(=C1)C=CC4=CC(=C(C(=C43)CO2)OC)O	282.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00667-5 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X
Flaccidinin	14237634	Click to see COC1=C(C2=C3C(=C1)C=CC4=CC(=CC(=C43)OC2=O)O)O	282.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00942-Z https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00315-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00667-5 https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00954-X
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Ergostane steroids / Ergosterols and derivatives
4,4,10,13,14-Pentamethyl-17-(6-methyl-5-methylideneheptan-2-yl)-1,2,5,6,7,8,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one	85434010	Click to see CC(C)C(=C)CCC(C)C1CCC2(C1(CC=C3C2CCC4C3(CCC(=O)C4(C)C)C)C)C	438.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00487-9

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Agrostophyllum callosum

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