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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Isochilus''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]
| alliance = Isochilus
| genus = '''''Isochilus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Isochilus carnosiflorus]]''
*''[[Isochilus linearis]]''
*''[[Isochilus major]]''
*etc.
}}
'''''Isochilus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae) with 7 [[species]]. They are lowland [[epiphyte]]s mainly found in [[Central America]], from [[Cuba]] and [[Mexico]] to [[Argentina]].
Characteristics of this genus include slender canelike stems with narrow [[distichous]] flat leaves and small [[sessile]] tube flowers carried at the tip of the cane.
[[Category:Orchid genera]]