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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Neobathiea''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Vandoideae]]
| tribus = [[Vandeae]]
| subtribus = [[Angraecinae]]
| genus = '''''Neobathiea'''''
| genus_authority = [[Rudolf Schlechter|Schltr.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[species]]
| subdivision =
''[[Neobathiea filicornu]]''<br>
''[[Neobathiea gracilis]]''<br>
''[[Neobathiea grandidierana]]''<br>
''[[Neobathiea hirtula]]''<br>
''[[Neobathiea keraudrenae]]''<br>
''[[Neobathiea perrieri]]''<br>
''[[Neobathiea sambiranoensis]]''<br>
''[[Neobathiea spatulata]]''<br>
}}

'''''Neobathiea''''' (synonym ''Bathiea'') is a [[genus]] of rare [[orchids]] (family ([[Orchidaceae]]), native to [[tropical moist broadleaf forests]] of [[Madagascar]] and the [[Comoro Islands]]. The [[species]] include small, monopodial [[epiphyte]]s, with relatively large white, green, or green-and-white flowers with a long spur at the base of the lip.

The genus is named for the French [[botany|botanist]] [[Henri Perrier de la Bâthie]].

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[[Category:Orchid genera]]
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