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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: 30691; hybrids: 1481
= 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)
134.6551 Genus Sarcochilus R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 332 (1810)
Distribution: mostly Australia, few Melanesia
Species listed in database: 25
= Gunnia Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 20: sub t. 1699 (1834)
= Monanthochilus (Schltr.) R.Rice; Oasis, Suppl. 3: 2 (2004)
species :
Sarcochilus argochilus D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.; Austral. Orchid Rev. 71(2): 21 (2006)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
species :
Sarcochilus australis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 501 (1861)
Name: Gunn´s Orchid, Butterfly Orchid
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Gunnia australis Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 20: sub t. 1699 (1834)
= Gunnia picta Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 45 (1838)
= Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 89 (1859)
= Sarcochilus gunnii F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 90 (1859)
= Sarcochilus pictus (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 501 (1861)
= Thrixspermum australe (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Beitr. Syst. Pflanzenk. 71 (1871)
= Thrixspermum pictum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 122 (1868)
species :
Sarcochilus borealis (Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones; Austral. Orchid Res. 1: 131 (1989)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarcochilus olivaceum var. borealis Nicholls; N. Queensland Naturalist 8(60): 1 (1939)
species :
Sarcochilus ceciliae F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 5: 42, t. 42 (1865)
Name: Fairy Bells
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarcochilus ceciliae var. albus T.E.Hunt; Austral. Orchid Rev. 10: 29 (1945)
= Sarcochilus setosus D.L.Jones, M.A.Clem. & D.P.Banks; Austral. Orchid Rev. 83(2): 3 (2018)
= Thrixspermum ceciliae (F.Muell.) Rchb.f.; Beitr. Syst. Pflanzenk. 71 (1871)
variant :
var. eriochilus (Fitzg.) Dockrill; Austral. Orchid Rev. 61(2): 5 (1996)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarcochilus eriochilus Fitzg.; J. Bot. 29: 153 (1891)
variant :
var. roseus (Clemesha) Dockrill; Austral. Indig. Orchids 2: 988 (1992)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarcochilus ceciliae subsp. roseus Clemesha; (1967)
= Sarcochilus roseus (Clemesha) Clemesha; Orchadian 3: 35 (1969)
species :
Sarcochilus chrysanthus Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 966 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Monanthochilus chrysanthus (Schltr.) R.Rice; Oasis, Suppl. 3: 2 (2004)
= Pteroceras chrysanthum (Schltr.) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(4): 193 (1972)
species :
Sarcochilus dilatatus F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 191 (1859)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Conservation Status: IUCN R (Ex/E New South Wales, R Queensland)
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarcochilus bancroftii F.M.Bailey; Queensland Agric. J. 28: 447 (1912)
= Thrixspermum dilatatum (F.Muell.) Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 122 (1868)
species :
Sarcochilus falcatus R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 332 (1810)
Name: Orange Blossom Orchid
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarcochilus falcatus var. montanus (Fitzg.) C.Moore; Handb. Fl. N.S.W. 387 (1893)
= Sarcochilus montanus Fitzg.; Austral. Orch. 1(5), t. 3 (1879)
= Sarcochilus niveus D.L.Jones & D.P.Banks; Austral. Orchid Rev. 84(2): 11 (2019)
= Thrixspermum falcatum (R.Br.) Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 122 (1868)
species :
Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 7: 115 (1870)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii f. aemulus (Rupp) M.Wolff & O.Gruss; Orchid. Atlas 398 (2007)
= Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii f. albus (W.Schmidt) M.Wolff & O.Gruss; Orchid. Atlas 398 (2007)
= Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii var. aemulus Rupp; Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 69: 73 (1944)
= Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii var. albus W.Schmidt; Orchid Rev. 35: 225 (1927)
species :
Sarcochilus gildasii N.Hallé; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 8(3): 234 (1986)
Distribution: New Caledonia
60 NWC
species :
Sarcochilus hartmannii F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 8: 248 (1874)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarcochilus aequalis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.; Phytologia 71(4): 322 (1991)
= Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii var. rubricentrus (Fitzg.) Maiden & Betche; Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 24: 650 (1900)
= Sarcochilus rubricentrus Fitzg.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 14: 38 (1880)
= Thrixspermum hartmannii (F.Muell.) Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 7: 716 (1877)
= Thrixspermum rubrocentrum (Fitzg.) Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 1: 346 (1887)
species :
Sarcochilus hillii (F.Muell.) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 2: 94 (1859)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Dendrobium hillii F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 88 (1859)
= Sarcochilus loganii D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.; Austral. Orchid Rev. 82(6): 4 (2017)
= Thrixspermum hillii (F.Muell.) Rchb.f.; Beitr. Syst. Pflanzenk. 71 (1871)
species :
Sarcochilus hirticalcar (Dockrill) M.A.Clem. & B.J.Wallace; Austral. Orchid Res. 1: 133 (1989)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Pteroceras hirticalcar (Dockrill) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(4): 193 (1972)
= Parasarcochilus hirticalcar Dockrill; Australas. Sarcanthinae 23 (1967)
species :
Sarcochilus iboensis Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 966 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Monanthochilus iboensis (Schltr.) R.Rice; Oasis, Suppl. 3: 2 (2004)
= Pteroceras iboensis (Schltr.) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(4): 193 (1972)
species :
Sarcochilus koghiensis Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 293 (1911)
Distribution: New Caledonia
60 NWC
Conservation Status: very rare, only 3 localities in the south and northeast
species :
Sarcochilus minutiflos F.M.Bailey; Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl. 845 (1909 publ. 1913)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarcochilus hillii var. tricalliatus Rupp; N. Queensland Naturalist 4(44): 31 (1936)
= Sarcochilus tricalliatus (Rupp) Rupp; Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 76: 54 (1951)
species :
Sarcochilus odoratus Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 965 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Monanthochilus odoratus (Schltr.) D.P.Banks; Austral. Orchid Rev. 82(3): 58 (2017)
= Monanthochilus odoratus (Schltr.) R.Rice; Checkl. Papuasian Orchids 344 (2017)
= Pteroceras odoratum (Schltr.) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(4): 194 (1972)
species :
Sarcochilus olivaceus Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 32 (1839)
Name: Lawyer Orchid
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Thrixspermum olivaceum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 122 (1868)
species :
Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 34 (1838)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Micropera parviflora (Lindl.) Heynh.; Nomencl. Bot. Hort. 523 (1840)
= Thrixspermum parviflorum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 122 (1868)
species :
Sarcochilus rarus Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 87 (1906)
Distribution: New Caledonia (widespread but rare)
60 NWC
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarcochilus radicosus Kraenzl.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 96 (1929)
species :
Sarcochilus serrulatus D.L.Jones; Vict. Naturalist 89(12): 344 (1972)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Sarcochilus spathulatus R.S.Rogers; Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 51: 1 (1927)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Parasarcochilus spathulatus (R.S.Rogers) Dockrill; Australas. Sarcanthinae 22 (1967)
= Pteroceras spathulatum (R.S.Rogers) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 194 (1972)
= Sarcochilus harriganiae Rupp; Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 63: 128 (1938)
species :
Sarcochilus stellatus Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 49: 39 (1908)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status doubtful, genus questionable, eventually in Tuberolabium
species :
Sarcochilus thycola (N.Hallé) M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & D.P.Banks; Austral. Orchid Rev. 84(2): 30 (2019)
Distribution: New Caledonia
60 NWC
Synonyms: hidden
= Sarcochilus hillii var. thycolus N.Hallé; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 8(3): 232 (1986)
species :
Sarcochilus uniflorus Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 965 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Monanthochilus uniflorus (Schltr.) R.Rice; Oasis, Suppl. 3: 2 (2004)
= Pteroceras singuliflorum Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(4): 194 (1972)
species :
Sarcochilus weinthalii F.M.Bailey; Queensland Agric. J. 13: 346 (1903)
Name: Blotched Sarcochilus
Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Parasarcochilus weinthalii (F.M.Bailey) Dockrill; Australas. Sarcanthinae 23 (1967)
= Sarcochilus longmanii F.M.Bailey; Queensland Agric. J. 32: 261 (1909)
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