134.0000
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: 30563; hybrids: 1461
= 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)
134.4557
Genus
Anoectochilus Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 411, t. 15 (1825) (Anecochilus)
Distribution: Tropical Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Japan, Malesia, Australia, Pacific Islands eastward to New Caledonia, Fiji, and Hawaii
Species listed in database: 47; hybrids: 1
= Chrysobaphus Wall.; Tent. Fl. Napal. 37, t. 27 (1826)
species :
Anoectochilus albolineatus
C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 141 (1874)
Distribution: Myanmar (Taninthayi, Chin, Mon); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia
41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Anoectochilus siamensis Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 83 (1906)
species :
Anoectochilus albomarginatus
Lour.; Encycl. Pl. [Loudon], new ed., Suppl. 2: 1539 (1874)
Distribution: Myanmar; ?peninsular Malaysia
41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Anoectochilus lobbii B.S.Williams; Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 49 (1862)
species :
Anoectochilus baotingensis
(K.Y.Lang) Ormerod; Taiwania 48(2): 87 (2003)
Distribution: China (Hainan); Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 LAO VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Anoectochilus roxburghii var. baotingensis K.Y.Lang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 34(5): 557 (1996)
= Anoectochilus annamensis Aver.; Rheedea 15(2): 83 (2005)
species :
Anoectochilus brevilabris
Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 499 (1840)
Distribution: China (SE-Yunnan); India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, West Bengal, Darjeeling, Sikkim); Myanmar (Kachin); Vietnam
36 CHI 40 IND 41 MYA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Anoectochilus brevilabris var. gigantea Pradhan; Indian Orchids 1: 122 (1976)
= Anoectochilus dulongensis Ormerod; Taiwania 58(1): 20 (2013)
= Anoectochilus sikkimensis King & Pantl.; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 124 (1896)
= Dossinia marmorata Lindl.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 185 (1857)
species :
Anoectochilus burmannicus
Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 24 (1922)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); Myanmar (widespread, Pegu); Thailand; Laos; peninsular Malaysia (Gunung Ledang, Johor)
36 CHI 41 LAO MYA THA 42 MLY
species :
Anoectochilus calcareus
Aver.; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 81(10): 75 (1996 publ. 1997)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Anoectochilus chapaensis
Gagnep.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 3: 679 (1931)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
Remarks: not a synonym of A. brevilabris fide Huang et al. 2025
species :
Anoectochilus dewildeorum
Ormerod; Taiwania 50(1): 2 (2005)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
species :
Anoectochilus elatus
Lindl.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 178 (1857)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Anoectochilus emeiensis
K.Y.Lang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20(2): 183 (1982)
Distribution: China (SC-Sichuan)
36 CHI
species :
Anoectochilus flavescens
Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 412 (1825)
Distribution: W-Java
42 JAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Cystopus flavescens (Blume) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891)
= Odontochilus flavescens (Blume) Blume; Coll. Orchid. 80 (1858)
species :
Anoectochilus formosanus
Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 101 (1914)
Distribution: Ryukyu Isl. (Ishigakijima, Iriomote); Taiwan
38 NNS TAI
species :
Anoectochilus geniculatus
Ridl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 406 (1896)
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Penang Isl. southwards); +Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo
41 THA 42 BOR MLY SNG SUM
species :
Anoectochilus griffithii
Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 96 (1890), et Ic. pl. 22: t. 2159 (1893)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Myanmar
36 CHI 41 MYA
Remarks: not a synonym of A. brevilabris fide Huang et al. 2025
species :
Anoectochilus hainanensis
H.Z.Tian, F.W.Xing & L.Li; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 45(3): 220 (2008)
Distribution: China (Hainan)
36 CHI
species :
Anoectochilus hatusimanus
(Ohwi & Koyama) Hatus.; Fl. Jap. [Iwatsuki et al., eds.] 4b: 231 (2016)
Distribution: Japan (Kyushu)
38 JAP
Synonyms: hidden
= Odontochilus hatusimanus Ohwi & Koyama; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo n. s. 3: 272 (1957) (No. 41)
species :
Anoectochilus imitans
Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 54 (1906)
Distribution: New Caledonia (local); Fiji
60 FIJ NWC
Synonyms: hidden
= Anoectochilus vitiensis Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 39: 176 (1909)
species :
Anoectochilus insignis
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 13 (1911)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Anoectochilus integrilabris
Carr; Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 8: 186 (1935)
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu)
42 BOR
species :
Anoectochilus kinabaluensis
(Rolfe) J.J.Wood & Ormerod; Orchid Rev. 102 (1198): 216 (1994)
Distribution: Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah)
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Goodyera kinabaluensis Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42: 159 (1914)
species :
Anoectochilus klabatensis
(Schltr.) S.Thomas, Schuit. & de Vogel; Lindleyana 17(1): 9 (2002)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
Synonyms: hidden
= Odontochilus klabatensis Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 12 (1911)
= Odontochilus platysepalus Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 127 (1925)
species :
Anoectochilus koshunensis
Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 104 (1914)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Anoectochilus lalashanensis S.S.Ying; New Taxa New Names 6: 537 (2023)
= Anoectochilus semiresupinatus T.C.Hsu & S.W.Chung; Ill. Fl. Taiwan 1: 294 (2017)
= Anoectochilus tetsuoi Ohwi ex Hatus. & T.Amano; Fl. Okinawa S. Ryukyu Isl. (1958), nom. inval.
= Odontochilus koshunensis (Hayata) S.S.Ying; Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1: 64 (1996)
species :
Anoectochilus longicalcaratus
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 5: 18 (1922)
Distribution: Sumatra; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Java
42 BOR JAW SUM
species :
Anoectochilus longilobus
H.Jiang & H.Z.Tian; Phytotaxa 164(4): 276 (2014)
Distribution: China (Yunnan, Zhejiang, Guangxi); Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
species :
Anoectochilus lylei
Rolfe ex Downie; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 411 (1925)
Distribution: Myanmar (Kachin, Sagaing); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
41 LAO MYA THA VIE
species :
Anoectochilus malipoensis
W.H.Chen & Y.M.Shui; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 47(2): 130 (2010)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Anoectochilus medogensis
H.Z.Tian & Yue Jin; Phytotaxa 510(3): 216 (2021)
Distribution: Tibet
36 TIB
species :
Anoectochilus monicae
J.J.Wood; Sandakania 15: 103 (2004)
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah)
42 BOR
species :
Anoectochilus nandanensis
Y.Feng Huang & X.C.Qu; Nordic J. Bot. 33(5): 572 (2015)
Distribution: China (Guangxi)
36 CHI
species :
Anoectochilus nicobaricus
N.P.Balakr. & Chakr.; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 20 (1-4): 80 (1978 publ. 1979)
Distribution: Nicobar Isl.
41 NCB
Conservation Status: IUCN E
species :
Anoectochilus papillosus
Aver.; Taiwania 52(4): 287 (2007)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Anoectochilus papuanus
(Schltr.) W.Kittr.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30(2): 95 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya); Solomon Isl.
42 NWG 43 SOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Eucosia papuana Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 76 (1911)
species :
Anoectochilus pectinatus
(Hook.f.) Ridl.; Mat. Fl. Malay. Penins. 1: 214 (1907)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (only known from Gunung Hijau, Perak)
42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Cystopus pectinatus (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891)
= Odontochilus pectinatus Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 99 (1890)
species :
Anoectochilus pingbianensis
K.Y.Lang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 34(5): 556-557, f. 2 (1996)
Distribution: China (SE-Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Anoectochilus rhombilabius
Ormerod; Lindleyana 17(4): 189 (2002)
Distribution: Moluccas (Seram); New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 MOL NWG
species :
Anoectochilus roxburghii
(Wall.) Lindl.; Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 368 (1839)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hongkong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); SE-Tibet; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Chin, Kachin); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI TIB 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Anecochilus roxburghii Lindl. ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] 247, no. 7387 (1832), nomen
= Anoectochilus frederici-augusti Rchb.f.; Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 16: 177 (1860)
= Anoectochilus latomaculatus Blume; Coll. Orchid. 1: 50 (1859)
= Anoectochilus lobbianus Planch.; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: 519 (1849)
= Anoectochilus neglectus Blume; Coll. Orchid. 47 (1858)
= Anoectochilus regalis Blume; Coll. Orchid. 46 (1858)
= Anoectochilus regalis var. cordatus (B.S.Williams) B.S.Williams; Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 6: 128 (1885)
= Anoectochilus regalis var. grandiflorus (B.S.Williams) B.S.Williams; Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 6: 128 (1885)
= Anoectochilus roxburghii var. lobbianus (Planch.) Blume; Coll. Orchid. 45 (1858)
= Anoectochilus roxburghii var. regalis (Blume) Pradhan; Indian Orchids 1: 121 (1976)
= Anoectochilus setaceus Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 23: t. 2010 (1837), nom. illeg., non Blume
= Anoectochilus setaceus var. cordatus B.S.Williams; Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 51 (1862)
= Anoectochilus setaceus var. grandiflorus B.S.Williams; Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 51 (1862)
= Anoectochilus setaceus var. intermedius Rothsch.; Pl. Feuill. Col., n. s., 2: 87 (1869)
= Anoectochilus xanthophyllus Planch.; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: 519 (1849)
= Anoectochilus yungianus S.Y.Hu; Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 24 (3-4): 257 (1971)
= Chrysobaphus roxburghii Wall.; Tent. Fl. Napal. 37, t. 27 (1826)
= Zeuxine roxburghii (Lindl.) M.Hiroe; Orchid Flowers 2: 68 (1971)
species :
Anoectochilus sandvicensis
Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 500 (1840) (sandvicensis)
Distribution: Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Anoectochilus apiculatus L.O.Williams & Fosberg; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 387 (1943)
= Anoectochilus jaubertii Gaudich.; Voy. Bonite, Bot. 3: t. 100 (1848)
= Anoectochilus sandvicensis var. apiculata (L.O.Williams & Fosberg) W.J.Schrenk; Orchidee (Hamburg) 28(3): 98 (1977)
= Cystopus jaubertii (Gaudich.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 658 (1891)
= Odontochilus apiculatus (L.O.Williams & Fosberg) O.Deg. & I.Deg.; Bull. Pacific Orchid Soc. Hawaii 25: 14 (1965)
= Odontochilus jaubertii (Gaudich.) Blume; Coll. Orchid. 81 (1858)
= Odontochilus sandvicensis (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake; Ill. Fl. Ins. Pacif. 7 (1892) 312
= Vrydagzynea sandvicensis (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3: 599 (1883)
species :
Anoectochilus sanguineus
P.T.Ong & P.O´Byrne; Malesian Orchid J. 11: 15 (2013)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
42 MLY
species :
Anoectochilus setaceus
Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 412 (1825)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.; peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Sumba, Flores); ?Moluccas (?Ambon)
41 AND THA 42 JAW LSI MLY SUM
Remarks: synonymy fide Ormerod & Juswara 2024
Synonyms: hidden
= Anoectochilus aureus K.Koch & Lauche; Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1857: 4 (1857)
= Anoectochilus croceus Rchb.f.; Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 16: 424 (1860)
= Anoectochilus falconis Ormerod; Taiwania 50(1): 3 (2005)
= Anoectochilus narasimhanii Sumathi, Jayanthi, Karthig. & Sreek.; Blumea 48(2): 285 (2003)
= Anoectochilus regalis H.Low ex C.Morren; Belgique Hort. 12: 4 (1862), nom. illeg.
= Anoectochilus regalis var. inornatus (Hook.) B.S.Williams; Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 6: 129 (1885)
= Anoectochilus reinwardtii Blume; Coll. Orchid. 48 (1858)
= Anoectochilus setaceopictus K.Koch & Lauche; Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1857: 4 (1857)
= Anoectochilus setaceus var. aureoreticulatus Hook.; Bot. Mag. 86: t. 5208 (1860)
= Anoectochilus setaceus var. inornatus Hook.; Bot. Mag. 86: t. 5208 (1860)
= Orchis picta Reinw. ex Lindl.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 179 (1857), nom. inval.
species :
Anoectochilus subregularis
(Rchb.f.) Ormerod; Austral. Orchid Rev. 61(4): 36 (Aug. 1996)
Distribution: Santa Cruz Isl.; New Caledonia (central and south); Vanuatu (incl. Banks Isl.)
60 NWC SCZ VAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Anoectochilus subregularis (Rchb.f.) Schuit.; Blumea 41(2): 400 (Nov. 1996), isonym
= Epipactis subregularis (Rchb.f.) A.A.Eaton; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 21: 66 (1908)
= Eucosia subregularis (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 394 (1911)
= Georchis subregularis Rchb.f.; Linnaea 41: 61 (1876)
= Goodyera subregularis (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 25 (1906)
= Orchiodes subregulare (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 675 (1891)
species :
Anoectochilus sumatranus
(J.J.Sm.) J.B.Comber; Orchids Sumatra [Comber] 43 (2001)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Odontochilus sumatranus J.J.Sm.; Blumea 5: 298 (1943)
species :
Anoectochilus tenebris
S.Calleja; Orchids Austral. 35(1): 11 (2023)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
species :
Anoectochilus tridentatus
Seidenf.; Opera Bot. 114: 33 (1992)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
Remarks: not a synonym of A. brevilabris fide Huang et al. 2025
species :
Anoectochilus xingrenensis
Z.H.Tsi & X.H.Jin; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 40(1): 84 (2002)
Distribution: China (SW-Guizhou)
36 CHI
species :
Anoectochilus yatesiae
F.M.Bailey; Queensland Agric. J. 19: 148 (1907)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
species :
Anoectochilus zhejiangensis
Z.Wei & Y.B.Chang; Bull. Bot. Lab. N. E. Forest. Inst., Harbin 9(2): 39 (1989)
Distribution: China (C- & N-Fujian, N-Guangxi, SW-Zhejiang)
36 CHI
species :
Anoectochilus zhongshanensis
C.Jian Zheng & Yan B.Wu; PhytoKeys 234: 208 (2023)
Distribution: China (Guangxi)
36 CHI
species :
Anoectochilus ×buqunhuensis
H.Z.Tian & C.Xing Li; Phytotaxa 678(1): 50 (2024)
Distribution: Tibet
36 TIB
