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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Spathoglottis''
| image = Spathoglottis flwrs reduced.jpg
| image_caption = ''Spathoglottis plicata''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Arethuseae]]
| subtribus = [[Bletiinae]]
| alliance = Calanthe
| genus = '''''Spathoglottis'''''
| genus_authority = [[Karl Blume|Blume]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Spathoglottis kimballiana]]''
*''[[Spathoglottis paulineae]]''
*''[[Spathoglottis plicata]]''
*''[[Spathoglottis pubescens]]''
*''[[Spathoglottis vielardtii]]''
}}
'''''Spathoglottis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae). This genus is allied to genera ''[[Acanthephippium]]'', ''[[Bletia]]'', ''[[Calanthe]]'', and ''[[Phaius]]''.
The genus '''''Paxtonia''''' <small>[[John Lindley|Lindl.]]</small> is generally included here.
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
<gallery>
Image:Spathoglottis sp.jpg|''Spathoglottis'' sp. from [[Sarawak]], [[Borneo]]
</gallery>