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135.0000 Family Orchidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 64 (1789), nom. cons.
over 800 genera, more than 30.000 spp. worldwide, mostly tropical
Species listed in database: 30847; hybrids: 1493
= 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., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 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)
135.6421 Genus Polystachya Hook.; Exot. Fl. t. 103 (1825), nom. cons.
Distribution: tropics and subtropics: mostly tropical and South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, a smaller group C-/South America/West Indies (16), only 1 sp. tropical Asia from India, Sri Lanka through Indochina to New Guinea. Splitting of several smaller genera by Szlachetko et al. is not followed here.
Species listed in database: 248; hybrids: 1
= Chelystachya Mytnik & Szlach.; Biodivers. Res. Conservation 23: 17 (2011)
= Dendrobianthe (Schltr.) Mytnik; Richardiana 8(1): 24 (2008)
= Dendrorchis Thouars ex Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891), orth. var.
= Dendrorkis Thouars; Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 314-19 (1809), et ex Revis. Gen. Pl. 658 (1891), nom. rej.
= Disperanthoceros Mytnik & Szlach.; Richardiana 7: 65 (2007)
= Epiphora Lindl.; Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 201 (1837)
= Epiphorella Mytnik & Szlach.; Richardiana 8(1): 13 (-15) (2008)
= Geerinckia Mytnik & Szlach.; Richardiana 7(2): 62 (2007)
= Isochilostachya Mytnik & Szlach.; Acta Soc. Bot. Poloniae 80(1): 80 (2011)
= Neobenthamia Rolfe; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 10: 272 (1891), et Bot. Mag. t. 7221 (1892), et Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 16: 272, fig. 33 (1894)
= Neoburttia Mytnik, Szlach. & Baranow; Polish Bot. J. 56(1): 46 (45-49) (2011)
= Nienokuea A.Chev.; Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 220: 634 (1945)
= Rhopalorrachis Klotzsch ex Rchb.f.; (1857)
= Szlachetkoella Mytnik; Richardiana 7: 57 (2007)
= Unguiculabia Mytnik & Szlach.; Richardiana 8(1): 19 (-21) (2008)

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