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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)
135.6125 Genus Dienia Lindl.; Bot. Reg. sub t. 825 (1824)
Distribution: Tropical Asia, Australia and China. The genus is nested within Crepidium and should be combined with it (Tang et al. 2015). Since this is the older name, Crepidium should be conserved to avoid mass transfer (Ormerod 2017)
Species listed in database: 5
= Anaphora Gagnep.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 4: 592 (1932)
= Gastroglottis Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 397 (1825)
= Pedilea Lindl.; Exot. Fl. 2: 115 (1824)

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