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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Phaius''
| image = Phaius rosellus (1847).jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''[[Phaius rosellus]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Arethuseae]]
| subtribus = [[Bletiinae]]
| alliance = Calanthe
| genus = '''''Phaius'''''
| genus_authority = [[Lour.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Phaius tankervilleae]]'' - nun's orchid, veiled orchid
}}
'''''Phaius''''' is a [[genus]] of large, mostly terrestrial [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae). The genus has about 20 [[species]]. These species are found in [[Tropics|tropical]] [[Asia]], into [[China]], [[Japan]], [[Australia]], and west to [[Africa]] and [[Madagascar]].
===[[Synonymy]]===
The following genera have been included into this genus:
*'''''Cyanorchis''''' <small>[[Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars|Thouars]]</small>
*'''''Gastorchis''''' <small>[[Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars|Thouars]]</small>
*'''''Gastrorchis''''' <small>[[Rudolf Schlechter|Schltr.]]</small>
*'''''Hecabe''''' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz|Raf.]]</small>
*'''''Pachyne''''' <small>[[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]]</small>
*'''''Pesomeria''''' <small>[[John Lindley|Lindl.]]</small>
*'''''Tankervillia''''' <small>[[Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]]</small>
[[Category:Orchids of Australia]]
[[Category:Orchid genera]]