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: 30557; hybrids: 1460
= 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)
134.6494
Genus
Luisia Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet] 426, t. 37 (1826)
Distribution: Sri Lanka, India, tropical Asia to Japan, Korea, W-Pacific to Samoa
Species listed in database: 46; hybrids: 1
= Birchea A.Rich.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 15: 66, t. 10 (1841)
= Lockia Aver.; Orchids (West Palm Beach) 81(6): 363 (2012)
= Mesoclastes Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 44 (1830) [p. p.]
= Trichorhiza Lindl. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 702 (1841)
species :
Luisia abrahami
Vatsala; Intr. Orchids 489 (1981)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Luisia amesiana
Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1893: 173 (1893), Kraenzl. in Xenia Orchid. 3: 8 (1894) 279
Distribution: Andaman Isl.; Myanmar (Shan); ?Thailand
41 AND MYA
species :
Luisia antennifera
Blume; Rumphia 4: 50 (1849)
Distribution: peninsular Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Pahan, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan); Sumatra; Borneo; Java
41 THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY SUM
species :
Luisia appressifolia
Aver.; Lindleyana 15(2): 79 (2000)
Distribution: ?S-China; Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Luisia balakrishnanii
S.Misra; Nelumbo 52: 152 (2010)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.
41 AND
species :
Luisia birchea
Blume; Rumphia 4: 50 (1849), nom. nov.
Distribution: S-India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Birchea teretifolia A.Rich.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 15: 67, t. 10 (1841), nom. nov.
= Cymbidium triste Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 99 (1805) [non Roxb.]
= Luisia laurifolia M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 66 (2009), nom. nov. illeg. superfl.
= Luisia pseudotenuifolia Blatt. & McCann; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 492 (1932)
= Luisia pulniana Vatsala; Intr. Orchids 486 (1981)
species :
Luisia brachyota
H.H.Fu, Liang Ma & S.P.Chen; Phytotaxa 632(1): 90 (2023)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Luisia brachystachys
(Lindl.) Blume; Rumphia 4: 50 (1849)
Distribution: China (NW-Yunnan); Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar (Chin, Shan); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND 41 AND LAO MYA NCB THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Luisia indivisa King & Pantl.; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 201 (1898)
= Luisia siamensis Rolfe ex Downie; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 384 (1925)
= Mesoclastes brachystachys Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 44 (1830), et Numer. List [Wallich] no. 1994 (1829)
species :
Luisia cantharis
Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 193 (1895)
Distribution: Myanmar (Mandalay, Shan)
41 MYA
species :
Luisia celebica
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 191 (1911)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Luisia confusa
Rchb.f.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 621 (1861)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas (Ambon, Seram, Halmaheira, ?Sula Arch., ?Obi)
42 LSI MOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Luisia amboinensis Schltr. ex Mansf.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 74: 7, t. 73, fig. 291 (1934) [sine descr.]
species :
Luisia cordatilabia
Ames & Quisumb.; Philipp. J. Sci. 52: 459 (1933 publ. 1934)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Luisia curtisii
Seidenf.; Bot. Tidsskr. 68(1): 83 (1973), et Contr. Orchid Fl. Thailand XIII 49 (1997), descr. ampl.
Distribution: Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Penang Isl., Perak, Negeri Sembilan); Sumatra; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah)
41 CBD THA VIE 42 BOR MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Luisia tristis Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 25 (1890) [non (G. Forst.) Kuntze]
species :
Luisia diglipurensis
Sanjay Mishra & Jalal; Phytotaxa 453(3): 255, figs. 1-3 (2020)
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl.)
41 AND
species :
Luisia evangelinae
Blatt. & McCann; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 493 (1932)
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Luisia birchea var. evangelinae (Blatt. & McCann) P.K.Sarkar; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5(5): 1008 (1984)
= Luisia laurifolia var. evangelinae (Blatt. & McCann) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 66 (2009)
= Luisia tenuifolia var. evangelinae (Blatt. & McCann) Santapau & Kapadia; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 59: 829 (1962)
species :
Luisia filiformis
Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 23 (1890)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); Bhutan; India (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, ?Odisha); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Chin, Sagaing); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
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Synonyms: hidden
= Luisia gamblei Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 25 (1890), et Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 5: I. 35 t. 53 (1895)
= Luisia grovesii Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 25 (1890)
= Luisia secunda Seidenf.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 27(4): 32 (1971)
species :
Luisia foxworthii
Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 2: 222 (1908)
Distribution: Philippines
42 PHI
species :
Luisia hancockii
Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 199 (1896)
Distribution: China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei); Myanmar (Kachin, Sagaing)
36 CHI 41 MYA
species :
Luisia hoanii
Duy, T.V.Tran & V.H.Quach; Acad. J. Biol. 46(3): 96 (2024)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Luisia jarawana
Sanjay Mishra & Jalal; Phytotaxa 453(3): 260, figs. 3-5 (2020)
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl.)
41 AND
species :
Luisia jonesii
J.J.Sm.; Blumea 5: 311 (1943)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Kedah)
42 MLY
species :
Luisia longispica
Z.H.Tsi & S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 32(6): 556-558, f. 2, 1-5 (1994)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Luisia macrantha
Blatt. & McCann; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 492 (1932)
Distribution: S-India (Karnataka, Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Luisia macrotis
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1869: 1110 (1869)
Distribution: China (W-Yunnan); NE-India (Assam); Andaman Isl.; Myanmar (Mandalay); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
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species :
Luisia magniflora
Z.H.Tsi & S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 32(6): 558, f. 2, 6-10 (1994)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); Myanmar
36 CHI 41 MYA
species :
Luisia megasepala
Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 85 (1914)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
species :
Luisia morsei
Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 33 (1903)
Distribution: China (Hainan, SW-Guangxi, SW-Guizhou, S-Yunnan); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 LAO THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Luisia tonkinensis Schltr.; Orchis 9: 8 (1915)
species :
Luisia parviflora
Aver.; Wulfenia 22: 168 (2015)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Luisia platyglossa
Rchb.f.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 622 (1861)
Distribution: ?Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
41 LAO THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Luisia brachystachys var. flaveola C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.; (1874)
= Luisia microptera Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1870: 1503 (1870)
species :
Luisia primulina
C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 144 (1874)
Distribution: Myanmar (Mon, Taninthayi)
41 MYA
species :
Luisia psyche
Rchb.f.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 98 (1863)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland); Myanmar (Mandalay, Mon, Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
40 IND 41 LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Cymbidium scarabiiforme C.S.P.Parish ex Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1865: 842 (1865)
= Luisia laosensis Guillaumin; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 35: 651 (1964)
species :
Luisia ramosii
Ames; Philipp. J. Sci., C 6: 55 (1911)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Hainan); Vietnam; Philippines (Luzon)
36 CHI 41 VIE 42 PHI
species :
Luisia recurva
Seidenf.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 27(4): 31 (1971)
Distribution: Andaman Isl. / Nicobar Isl.; Thailand
41 THA
species :
Luisia simaoensis
D.P.Ye & H.Jiang; Wild Orchids Yunnan 471 (2010), et Pl. Diversity 43(5): 384 (2021)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Luisia sonii
(Aver.) Kumar & S.W.Gale; Taiwania 63(1): 79 (2018)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Lockia sonii Aver.; Orchids (West Palm Beach) 81(6): 364 (2012)
species :
Luisia taurina
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 43: 64 (1910)
Distribution: Sumatra; Java
42 JAW SUM
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Luisia tenuifolia
Blume; Rumphia 4: 50 (1849)
Distribution: India (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Cymbidium tenuifolium (Blume) Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 167 (1833)
= Luisia megamalaiana Karupp. & V.Ravich.; Phytotaxa 387(4): 295 (2019)
species :
Luisia teres
(Thunb.) Blume; Rumphia 4: 50 (1849)
Distribution: China (W-Guangxi, SW-Guizhou, W-Sichuan, SE-Yunnan); Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tanegashima Pref., Yakushima Isl.); Ryukyu Isl. (Okinawa, Kumejima, Iheyashima, Iejima, Ishigakijima, Yonaguni, Amami Oshima, Miyakojima); Taiwan
36 CHI 38 JAP NNS TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Epidendrum teres Thunb.; Fl. Jap. [Thunberg] 30 (1784) ex A. Murray, Linnaeus, Syst. Veg., ed. 14: 818 (1784)
= Luisia botanensis Fukuy.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 442 (1935)
= Luisia cordata Fukuy.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 306 (1934) (tentative synonym)
= Luisia fauriei Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 4: 75 (1919)
= Luisia liukiuensis Schltr.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 6: 465 (1906)
= Luisia teres var. botanensis (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying; Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1(2): 478 (1977)
= Luisia teres var. botanensis (Fukuy.) T.P.Lin; Native Orchids Taiwan 2: 251 (1977)
= xSedirisia ×liukiuensis (Schltr.) J.M.H.Shaw; Orchid Rev. 111 (1253): 79 (2003)
species :
Luisia thailandica
Seidenf.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 27(4): 28 (1971)
Distribution: Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam
41 CBD MYA THA VIE
species :
Luisia trichorhiza
(Hook.) Blume; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 63 (1849)
Distribution: Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Mandalay); Thailand
40 BAN BHU IND 41 MYA THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Luisia trichorhiza var. flava K.Gogoi; Richardiana 16: 324 (2016)
= Vanda trichorhiza Hook.; Exot. Fl. 1: t. 72 (1823)
species :
Luisia tristis
(G.Forst.) Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 25 (1890)
Distribution: Taiwan; Bonin Isl. (Chichijima, Keetaajima, Anijima, Otohtojima, Hahajima); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; ?Myanmar; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas (Ambon); New Guinea (E-Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (New Britain); Solomon Isl.; Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland); New Caledonia (widespread, Loyalty Isl.); Vanuatu; Fiji; [Western] Samoa (Savai´i); American Samoa (Tutuila); Northern Marianas (Rota Isl.); Guam
38 OGA TAI 40 BAN SRL 41 AND NCB 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SUM 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 ASA FIJ NWC SAM VAN 62 GUM MRN
Conservation Status: IUCN V (Bonin Isl.)
Synonyms: hidden
= Cymbidium tenuifolium Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] t. 1689 (1852) (non text.)
= Cymbidium triste (G.Forst.) Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 63 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 3: 461 (1832)
= Cymbidium triste (G.Forst.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 99 (1805)
= Epidendrum triste G.Forst.; Fl. Ins. Austr. 60 (1786)
= Luisia atacta D.L.Jones; Austral. Orchid Res. 5: 84 (2006)
= Luisia beccarii Rchb.f.; Bot. Centralbl. 28: 344 (1886)
= Luisia boninensis Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 171 (1906)
= Luisia burmanica Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. 4(Luisia): 3 (1853)
= Luisia corrugata D.L.Jones; Austral. Orchid Res. 5: 84 (2006)
= Luisia macrocarpa Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 382 (1921)
= Luisia occidentalis Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. 4(Luisia): 4 (1853)
= Luisia teretifolia Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet] 426, t. 37 (1827)
= Luisia tristis (G.Forst.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 672 (1891), isonym
= Luisia truncata Blatt. & McCann; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 491 (1932)
= Luisia valida Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 10: 335 (1862)
= Trichorhiza teretifolia (Gaudich.) Lindl. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 702 (1841)
species :
Luisia verrucosa
Kurzweil, Nob.Tanaka & Ormerod; Gard. Bull. Singapore 74(2): 252 (2022)
Distribution: Myanmar
41 MYA
species :
Luisia volucris
Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. 4(Luisia): 1 (1853)
Distribution: NE-India (Meghalaya, Nagaland); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah)
40 BAN IND 41 MYA 42 BOR
species :
Luisia yunnanensis
Jie Huang & D.H.Peng; Phytotaxa 475(1): 54 (2020)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Luisia zeylanica
Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. 4(Luisia): 3 (1853)
Distribution: Nepal; Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tami Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Myanmar (Mandalay, Bago, Kachin, Taninthayi, Yangon); Sumatra; Sulawesi; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Timor)
40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 AND MYA 42 JAW LSI SUL SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Luisia javanica J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 2, 14: 56 (1914)
= Luisia teretifolia J.J.Sm.; Orch. Java 6: 545 (1905) [non Gaudich]
= Luisia unguiculata J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 8: 65 (1926)
= Luisia indica Khuraijam & R.K.Roy; Biodivers. J. 6(3): 699, figs. 1-12 (2015)
species :
Luisia zollingeri
Rchb.f.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 622 (1863)
Distribution: China (NW-Yunnan); Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Langkawi Isl.); Sumatra (incl. Batu Isl.); Borneo; Java
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Synonyms: hidden
= Luisia latilabris Rolfe ex Downie; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 383 (1925)
= Luisia latipetala J.J.Sm.; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 43: 67 (1910)
= Luisia zollingeri var. latipetala (J.J.Sm.) Sulist.; Reinwardtia 10: 398 (1988)
species :
Luisia ×lui
T.C.Hsu & S.W.Chung; Taiwania 55(4): 363 (2010)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
Remarks: probably L. tristis x L. teres fide Liu & Lin 2025
