Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 317 (1810).

Derivation: Greek kyrtos, curved or swollen; stylis, column.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Glabrous herbs; leaf solitary, sessile at the base of the scape, lamina broad and spreading.

Scape without any empty bract, usually bearing few to several resupinate flowers; dorsal sepal narrow-lanceolate, erect, incurved, concave; lateral sepals and petals very narrow, spreading; labellum sessile, flat, undivided, entire, with 2 calli at the base produced into raised lines along the lamina; column elongated, incurved, winged in its upper part; anther terminal, erect, 2-celled; polinia 4, a pair in each cell, powdery; rostellum situated centrally in the upper border of the stigma, with a viscid disk on each side of it; no caudicle.

Distribution:  1 species.

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: The decision to revive this genus is on the advice of M. Clements (pers. comm.).

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