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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

131.0000 Family Orchidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 64 (1789), nom. cons.
over 800 genera, more than 30.000 spp. worldwide, mostly tropical
Species listed in database: 30483; hybrids: 1409
= Apostasiaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl.: 22 (1833), nom. cons.
= Cypripediaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl.: 22 (1833)
= Limodoraceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam.: 44 (1847)
= Liparidaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 567 (1895)
= Neottiaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 50 (1834)
= Neuwiediaceae R.Dahlgren ex Reveal & Hoogland; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., ser. 4, sect. B Adansonia 13: 91 (1991)
= Ophrydaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 566 (1895)
= Pycnanthaceae Ravenna; Onira 12(6): 29 (2011)
= Vanillaceae Lindl.; Key Bot.: 73 (1835)
131.4309 Genus Ophrys L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 945, 948 (1753)
Distribution: mostly Mediterranean and Anatolia, few to W-Asia and central Europe. The taxonomy of the genus is very problematic due to many recently described microspecies and various conflicting species concepts. Some authors recognize almost 400 microtaxa. Molecular results indicate that possibly only 10-50 very variable species are involved. We follow here Hennecke (2021) who recognizes 82 species based on molecular results which seems to be a reasonable compromise. Also almost all infraspecific taxa are classified as varieties and not as subspecies.
Species listed in database: 82; hybrids: 456
= Arachnites F.W.Schmidt; Fl. Boem. 1: 74 (1793)
= Myodium Salisb.; Trans. Hort. Soc. 1: 289 (1812)

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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World

Version 19.2 (April 17th, 2024)

Covering 354,696 accepted species,
8,644 hybrids, 47,758 accepted infraspecific taxa and 996,379 synonyms,
in total 1,407,477* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]

With complete, detailed distribution data (countries and regions) and literature references

Arranged in linear phylogenetic sequence reflecting true relationships

Fully searchable and continously updated

With 38,290 pictures of 15,532 species

Assembled through 40 years independently from other databases

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