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: 30648; hybrids: 1477
= 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)
134.4552
Genus
Zeuxine Lindl.; Orchid. Scelet. 9 (1826) (Zeuxina), et ex Rchb., Consp. 67 (1828)
Distribution: mostly tropical Asia, 1 to Asia Minor, few to W-Pacific and E-Asia, 7 tropical Africa, few Madagascar and Indian Ocean. Species delimitation partly controversial, especially in E-Asia
Species listed in database: 81
= Adenostylis Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 414 (1825)
= Haplochilus Endl.; Enchir. Bot. [Endlicher] 113 (1841), Gen. Pl. [Endlicher], Suppl. 2: 20 (1842)
= Heterozeuxine T.Hashim.; Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 5: 21 (1986)
= Monochilus Wall. ex Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 486 (1840)
= Psychechilos Breda; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 2: t. 9 (1829)
= Strateuma Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 89 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Tripleura Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1618 (1833)
= Zeuxinella Aver.; Updated Checklist Orchids Vietnam 96 (2003)
species :
Zeuxine affinis
(Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 108 (1890), et Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 22: t. 2277 (1894)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Hainan, Hunan, S-Yunnan); Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Andaman / Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar (Chin, Kachin, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Shan, Mon); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Government Hill, Penang Isl.); Philippines
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 MLY PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Haplochilus affinis (Lindl.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 5: 173 (1852)
= Hetaeria affinis Lindl.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7383 (1832)
= Hetaeria mollis Lindl.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 184 (1857)
= Monochilus affinis (Lindl.) Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 487 (1840)
= Zeuxine sutepensis Rolfe ex Downie; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 413 (1925)
species :
Zeuxine africana
Rchb.f.; Flora 50: 103 (1867)
Distribution: Nigeria; Angola; N-Botswana; South Africa (SE-KwaZulu-Natal)
22 NGA 26 ANG 27 BOT SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Zeuxine cochlearis Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(Beibl. 50): 11 (1895)
species :
Zeuxine agyokuana
Fukuy.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 433 (1934)
Distribution: Japan (Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl. (Okinawa, Iriomote); N-Taiwan (Taibei, T´ao-yuan Hsien); India (Meghalaya, West Bengal); N-Thailand; Vietnam
38 JAP NNS TAI 40 IND 41 THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Hetaeria agyokuana (Fukuy.) Nackej.; Enum. Orchids Ryukyus 1: 43 (1971), et Biol. Mag. (Okinawa) 8: 82 (1971)
= Hetaeria cristata var. agyokuana (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying; Coloured Illustr. Orchid Fl. Taiwan 2: 558 (1990)
= Hetaeria xenantha Ohwi & T.Koyama; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, n. s., 3: 270 (1957)
= Zeuxine bidupensis Aver.; Rheedea 16(1): 12 (2006)
= Zeuxine lalashanensis S.S.Ying; New Taxa New Names 6: 531 (2023)
= Zeuxine pantlingii Av.Bhattacharjee & H.J.Chowdhery; Sida 22(2): 935 (2006)
species :
Zeuxine amboinensis
(J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm.; Icon. Bogor. [Boerlage] 2(3): 259 (1904)
Distribution: Moluccas (Ambon, Seram, Sula Arch.); New Guinea (Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya); Bismarck Arch. (New Britain)
42 MOL NWG 43 BIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Hapalochilus amboinense J.J.Sm.; Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg 7: 2 (1900) [Haplochilus]
= Hapalochilus amboinense var. argenteus J.J.Sm.; Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg 7: 2 (1900)
= Heterozeuxine amboinensis (J.J.Sm.) T.Hashim.; Proc. 12th World Orchid Conf. 1987 (eds. K. Saito & R. Tanaka): 125 (1987)
= Heterozeuxine argentea (J.J.Sm.) T.Hashim.; Proc. 12th World Orchid Conf. 1987 (eds. K. Saito & R. Tanaka): 125 (1987)
= Zeuxine amboinensis (J.J.Sm.) Schltr.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 6: 298 (1906), isonym
= Zeuxine amboinensis var. argentea (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm.; (1904)
= Zeuxine argentea (J.J.Sm.) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 79 (1911)
species :
Zeuxine andamanica
King & Pantl.; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 599 (1897)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.
41 AND
Conservation Status: IUCN I
species :
Zeuxine baliensis
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 9: 139 (1927)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali)
42 LSI
species :
Zeuxine ballii
P.J.Cribb; Kew Bull. 32(1): 150 (1977)
Distribution: Malawi; Zimbabwe
26 MLW ZIM
species :
Zeuxine bifalcifera
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 10: 97 (1928)
Distribution: Moluccas (Seram)
42 MOL
species :
Zeuxine boninensis
Tuyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 369 (1935)
Distribution: S-China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hainan, etc.); Taiwan; Ryukyu Isl. (Okinawa, Ishigakijima); Bonin Isl. (Hahajima); Japan (Yakushima Isl.)
36 CHI 38 JAP NNS OGA TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Zeuxine gracilis var. sakagutii (Tuyama) T.Hashim.; Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 5: 28 (1986)
= Zeuxine kantokeiensis Tatew. & Masam.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 772 (1932)
= Zeuxine sakagutii Tuyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 50: 26 (1936)
= Zeuxine taiwaniana S.S.Ying; Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 20(2): 57 (1987)
= Zeuxine uraiensis S.S.Ying; Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 3: 620 (1988)
variant :
var. pingtungensis
(T.C.Hsu) T.P.Lin; Ill. Native Taiwan Orch. 254, f. 124-2 (2022)
Distribution: Ryukyu Isl. (Nansei-shoto); Taiwan
38 NNS TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Zeuxine boninensis var. actinomorpha T.Yukawa; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo B, 44: 133 (2018)
= Zeuxine flava var. pingtungensis (T.C.Hsu) T.P.Lin; Orchid Fl. Taiwan 281 (2019)
= Zeuxine pingtungensis T.C.Hsu; Ill. Fl. Taiwan 2: 218 (2016)
variant :
var. subactinomorpha
Suetsugu; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 75(3): 179 (2024)
Distribution: Ryukyu Isl. (Nansei-shoto)
38 NNS
species :
Zeuxine bougainvilleana
Ormerod; Lindleyana 17(4): 232 (2002)
Distribution: Solomon Isl. (Bougainville)
43 SOL
species :
Zeuxine cambodiana
(Gagnep.) Ormerod; Harvard Pap. Bot. 23: 269 (2018)
Distribution: Cambodia
41 CBD
Synonyms: hidden
= Zeuxine leucochila var. cambodiana Gagnep.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 6: 555 (1934)
species :
Zeuxine chowdheryi
Av.Bhattacharjee & Sabap.; Taiwania 55(4): 342 (2010)
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Zeuxine clandestina
Blume; Coll. Orchid. 70 (1858)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal); peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Java
40 IND 41 THA 42 JAW MLY SNG
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Monochilus clandestinus (Blume) Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 724 (1859)
species :
Zeuxine cordata
(Lindl.) Ormerod; Lindleyana 17(4): 236 (2002)
Distribution: Moluccas (Banda Isl., Seram); New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 MOL NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Hetaeria cordata Lindl.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 185 (1857)
= Hetaeria maritima J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 10: 98 (1928)
species :
Zeuxine diversifolia
Ormerod; Lindleyana 17(4): 237 (2002), nom. nov.
Distribution: Solomon Isl. (Bougainville)
43 SOL
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Zeuxine elatior var. angustata P.J.Cribb & B.A.Lewis; Orchids Solomon Islands & Bougainville 46 (1991)
species :
Zeuxine drukyulensis
P.Gyeltshen, Rabgay & Kumar; Phytotaxa 690(1): 124 (2025)
Distribution: Bhutan
40 BHU
species :
Zeuxine elatior
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 79 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (SE-Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Remarks: records for Solomons and Bougainville are Z. diversifolia fide Ormerod 2017
Synonyms: hidden
= Heterozeuxine elatior (Schltr.) T.Hashim.; Proc. 12th World Orchid Conf. 1987 (eds. K. Saito & R. Tanaka): 125 (1987)
species :
Zeuxine elmeri
(Ames) Ames; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 5: 100 (1938)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis elmeri Ames; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1552 (1912)
species :
Zeuxine elongata
Rolfe; Bol. Soc. Brot. 9: 142 (1891)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Gabon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe
22 BEN GHA IVO NGA SIE 23 ANN BIO CAF CMN GAB PRI SAO ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Zeuxine ruwenzoriensis Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 332 (1909)
species :
Zeuxine erimae
Schltr.; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 90 (1905)
Distribution: New Guinea (E-Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya, incl. Waigeo Isl.); Solomon Isl.; Vanuatu
42 NWG 43 SOL 60 VAN
species :
Zeuxine eryliae
Ormerod; Harvard Pap. Bot. 23(2): 271, fig. 3 (2018)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Zeuxine exilis
Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 45: 236 (1906)
Distribution: Christmas Isl. [Austr.]
42 XMS
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Zeuxine flava
(Wall. ex Lindl.) Trimen; J. Ceylon Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 9: 90 (1885)
Distribution: China (SE-Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Kachin, Chin, Shan, Mandalay, Taninthayi); Thailand
36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 MYA THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Haplochilus flavus (Wall. ex Lindl.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 5: 172 (1852)
= Hetaeria flava Lindl. ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] 247, no. 7380 (1832), nomen
= Monochilus flavum Wall. ex Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 487 (1840)
= Zeuxine aurantiaca Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 377 (1924)
= Zeuxine chenkangensis Ormerod; Taiwania 55(1): 26 (2010)
= Zeuxine tonkinensis Gagnep.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 3: 328 (1931)
species :
Zeuxine fritzii
Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52: 7 (1915)
Distribution: Palau (Babeldaob); Northern Marianas (Tinian, Rota Isl., Saipan); Guam
62 GUM MRN PLU
species :
Zeuxine gengmanensis
(K.Y.Lang) Ormerod; Lindleyana 17(4): 238 (2002)
Distribution: China (SW-Yunnan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Anoectochilus gengmanensis K.Y.Lang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 34(5): 554-556, f. 1 (1996)
species :
Zeuxine gilgiana
Kraenzl. & Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 150 (1906)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
species :
Zeuxine glandulosa
King & Pantl.; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 289 (1898)
Distribution: Bhutan; India (Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal); Thailand
40 BHU IND 41 THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Heterozeuxine glandulosa (King & Pantl.) T.Hashim.; Proc. 12th World Orchid Conf. 1987 (eds. K. Saito & R. Tanaka): 125 (1987)
species :
Zeuxine goodyeroides
Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 486 (1840)
Distribution: China (W-Guangxi, SE-Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal); Myanmar (Bago, Kayin)
36 CHI 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Monochilus galeatus Lindl.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 187 (1857)
= Monochilus goodyeroides (Lindl.) Lindl.; Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 187 (1857)
species :
Zeuxine gracilis
(Breda) Blume; Coll. Orchid. 69 (1858)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Myanmar (Mon, Taninthayi); Java
40 IND SRL 41 MYA 42 JAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis gracilis (Breda) Merr.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc., Spec. No. 141 (1921)
= Monochilus gracilis (Breda) Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. 5 (1854)
= Monochilus gracilis (Breda) Lindl. ex Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 723 (1859)
= Monochilus zollingeri Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 1: 215 (1856)
= Psychechilos gracilis Breda; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 2: t. 9 (1829)
= Zeuxine blatteri C.E.C.Fisch.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 76 (1928)
= Zeuxine zollingeri (Rchb.f.) Ormerod & Juswara; Harvard Pap. Bot. 27(2): 176 (2022)
species :
Zeuxine grandis
Seidenf.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 32(2): 90 (1978)
Distribution: Nepal; India (Kerala, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand); Andaman / Nicobar Isl.
40 IND NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Zeuxine seidenfadenii Deva & H.B.Naithani; Orchid Fl. N. W. Himalaya 95 (1986)
species :
Zeuxine hahensis
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 9: 139 (1927)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali)
42 LSI
species :
Zeuxine integrilabella
C.S.Leou; Quart. J. Exp. Forest. 8(4): 1, figs 1-2 (1994)
Distribution: Nepal; China; Taiwan (Nantou, Taizhong)
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Hetaeria integrilabella (C.S.Leou) S.S.Ying; Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 5: 604 (1995)
species :
Zeuxine kutaiensis
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 11: 89 (1931)
Distribution: Borneo (Kalimantan)
42 BOR
species :
Zeuxine lancifolia
(Ames) Ormerod; Austral. Orchid Rev. 63(4): 11 (1998)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Hetaeria lancifolia Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 5: 44 (1915)
species :
Zeuxine leucoptera
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 78 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Zeuxine leytensis
(Ames) Ames; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 5: 100 (1938)
Distribution: Philippines (Leyte)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis leytensis Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 5: 39 (1915)
species :
Zeuxine lindleyana
A.N.Rao; Arunachal Forest News 6(1): 34 (1988)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal)
40 IND
species :
Zeuxine longilabris
(Lindl.) Trimen; J. Ceylon Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 9: 90 (1885)
Distribution: Nepal; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Sagaing); Thailand; Cambodia
40 BAN IND NEP SRL 41 CBD MYA THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Haplochilus longilabris (Lindl.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 5: 173 (1852)
= Monochilus affinis Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] t. 1728 (1852)
= Monochilus longilabre Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 487 (1840)
species :
Zeuxine lunulata
P.J.Cribb & J.K.Bowden; Kew Bull. 34(2): 327 (1979)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Zeuxine macrorhyncha
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 369 (1921)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea: Waria area)
42 NWG
species :
Zeuxine madagascariensis
Schltr.; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 3, 1: 162 (1913)
Distribution: Madagascar (Antsiranana)
29 MDG
species :
Zeuxine marivelensis
(Ames) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 394 (1911)
Distribution: Philippines
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis marivelensis Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 2: 58 (1908)
= Zeuxine marivelensis (Ames) Ames; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 5: 100 (1938), isonym
species :
Zeuxine membranacea
Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 486 (1840)
Distribution: China (Hongkong); Nepal; Bhutan; NE-India (Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Mandalay); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Tripleura pallida Lindl.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7391 (1832), nomen, et Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 452 (1840)
= Zeuxine debrajiana Sud.Chowdhury; Indian Forester 122(1): 87 (1996)
= Zeuxine evrardii Gagnep.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 3: 326 (1931)
= Zeuxine godefroyi Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 34 (1878)
= Zeuxine tripleura Lindl.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 186 (1857), nom. superfl.
species :
Zeuxine mindanaensis
(Ames) Ormerod; Taiwania 49(3): 179 (2004)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Hetaeria mindanaensis Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 5: 45 (1915)
species :
Zeuxine montana
Schltr.; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 91 (1905)
Distribution: Bismarck Arch. (New Ireland)
43 BIS
species :
Zeuxine mooneyi
S.Misra; Nelumbo 54: 17 (2012)
Distribution: India (Odisha)
40 IND
species :
Zeuxine nervosa
(Wall. ex Lindl.) Benth. ex Trimen; J. Ceylon Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 9: 90 (1885)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); Ryukyu Isl. (Senkagu); S-Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Myanmar (Kayin); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Philippines
36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis formosana (Rolfe) Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: Suppl. (Gen. Ind. Fl. Formos.) 75 (1917)
= Adenostylis zamboangensis Ames; Schedul. Orchid. 6: 10 (1923)
= Arethusa nervosa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] (1832), nomen
= Haplochilus nervosus (Wall. ex Lindl.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 5: 172 (1852)
= Hetaeria nervosa Lindl. ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7381 (1832), nomen
= Heterozeuxine nervosa (Wall. ex Lindl.) T.Hashim.; Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 5: 21 (1986)
= Monochilus nervosus Wall. ex Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 487 (1840)
= Zeuxine assamica I.Barua & K.Barua; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21(2): 491 (1997)
= Zeuxine cognata Ohwi & T.Koyama; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, n. s., 3: 274 (1957)
= Zeuxine dhanikariana Maina, Lalitha & Sreek.; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 25(1): 21 (2001)
= Zeuxine fluvida Fukuy.; Rep. (Annual) Taihoku Bot. Gard. 3: 81 (1933)
= Zeuxine formosana Rolfe ex Hemsl.; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 9: 258 (1895)
= Zeuxine hengchuanense S.S.Ying; Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1(2): 342 (1977)
= Zeuxine niijimae Tatew. & Masam.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 772 (1932)
= Zeuxine somae Tuyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 50: 27 (1936)
= Zeuxine vittata Rolfe ex Downie; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 414 (1925)
= Zeuxine zamboangensis (Ames) Ames; Schedul. Orchid., Corrig.: 27 (1938)
species :
Zeuxine oblonga
R.S.Rogers & C.T.White; Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 32: 121 (1920)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
species :
Zeuxine odorata
Fukuy.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 50: 20 (1936)
Distribution: Ryukyu Isl. (Okinawa, Ishigakijima, Iriomote, Yonaguni); S-Taiwan (Lan Yu Isl.)
38 NNS TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Heterozeuxine odorata (Fukuy.) T.Hashim.; Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 5: 21 (1986)
= Zeuxine hoshiana Ohwi; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 6: 47 (1937)
species :
Zeuxine ovalifolia
L.Li & S.J.Li; Phytotaxa 129(1): 65 (2013)
Distribution: China (Hainan)
36 CHI
species :
Zeuxine ovata
(Gaudich.) Garay & W.Kittr.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30(3): 193 (1985 publ. 1986)
Distribution: ?Palau
Error
Synonyms: hidden
= Nervilia ovata Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet] 422. I. 35 (1826)
= Pogonia ovata (Gaudich.) Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 415 (1840)
species :
Zeuxine palawensis
Tuyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 53: 58 (1939)
Distribution: Palau (Babeldaob)
62 PLU
species :
Zeuxine palustris
Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 57: 100 (1911)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Ulu Temengor, Perak)
42 MLY
Conservation Status: IUCN E, only known from type
species :
Zeuxine papillosa
Carr; Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 8: 189 (1935)
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu)
42 BOR
species :
Zeuxine parviflora
(Blume) J.J.Sm.; Meded. Rijks-Herb. 53: 3 (1925)
Distribution: China (Hainan, Hongkong, S- & SW-Yunnan); Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Penang Isl., Perak); Philippines
36 CHI 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 MLY PHI
Remarks: see also Z. flava and Z. boninensis
Conservation Status: IUCN Ex (Bonin Isl.)
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis benguetensis Ames; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1551 (1912)
= Hapalochilus parviflorus Blume; Coll. Orchid. 110 (1858)
= Zeuxine benguetensis (Ames) Ames; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 5: 100 (1938)
= Zeuxine leucochila Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 46 (1906)
= Zeuxine siamensis Hosseus; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 28(2): 380, t. XXIV (1911), nomen
species :
Zeuxine parvifolia
(Ridl.) K.Schum. & Fedde; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 31(Abt. 1): 786 (1904)
Distribution: India (Assam); Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore
40 IND 41 CBD 42 MLY SNG
Synonyms: hidden
= Zeuxine parvifolia (Ridl.) Seidenf.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 32(2): 82 (1978), isonym
= Hetaeria parvifolia Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 39: 87 (1903)
species :
Zeuxine petakensis
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 11: 87 (1931)
Distribution: Borneo (Kalimantan)
42 BOR
species :
Zeuxine philippinensis
(Ames) Ames; Schedul. Orchid., Corrig.: 27 (1938)
Distribution: S-Taiwan; Philippines (Leyte)
38 TAI 42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis philippinensis Ames; Schedul. Orchid. 6: 9 (1923)
= Hetaeria leytensis Ames; Schedul. Orchid. 6: 14 (1923)
species :
Zeuxine plantaginea
(Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake; Ill. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (1892) 312
Distribution: [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu)
60 SAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Monochilus plantagineus Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 52 (1878)
= Zeuxine androcardium Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 90 (1910)
= Zeuxine plantaginea (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 91 (1910)
species :
Zeuxine pseudogracilis
Ormerod; Harvard Pap. Bot. 23(2): 276, fig. 10 (2018)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Penang); Sumatra
42 MLY SUM
species :
Zeuxine purpurascens
Blume; Coll. Orchid. 71 (1858)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Tembeling, Pahang); Sumatra; Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah); Java
42 BOR JAW MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis purpurascens (Blume) Merr.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc., Spec. No. 141 (1921)
= Hylophila purpurea Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 746 (1859)
species :
Zeuxine reflexa
King & Pantl.; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8: 291 (1898)
Distribution: China (Hongkong); Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; NE-India (Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal)
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BHU IND NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis arisanensis (Hayata) Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: Add. & Corr. (1915)
= Zeuxine arisanensis Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 106 (1914)
species :
Zeuxine regia
(Lindl.) Trimen; Cat. Pl. Ceylon. 90 (1885)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Anoectochilus striatus Loudon; Encycl. Pl. (new ed.), Suppl. 2: 1492 (1855)
= Haplochilus regius (Lindl.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 5: 172 (1852)
= Monochilus regius Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 487 (1840)
species :
Zeuxine reginasilvae
Ormerod; Taiwania 50(1): 7 (2005)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Zeuxine rolfeana
King & Pantl.; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 699 (1897)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.
41 AND
Remarks: probably a synonym of Z. odorata fide Liu & Lin 2025
Conservation Status: IUCN I
species :
Zeuxine rupestris
Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 39: 86 (1903)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Penang Isl.)
42 MLY
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Zeuxine stammleri
Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 151 (1906)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 IVO NGA 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB PRI ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Hetaeria stammleri (Schltr.) Summerh.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 208 (1934)
species :
Zeuxine stenophylla
(Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake; Ill. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (1892) 312
Distribution: Vanuatu; Tonga; Fiji; [Western] Samoa (´Upolu)
60 FIJ SAM TON VAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis vitiensis Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 39: 177 (1909)
= Monochilus stenophyllus Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 52 (1878)
= Zeuxine vitiensis (Rolfe) L.O.Williams; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 5: 112 (1938)
species :
Zeuxine strateumatica
(L.) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 77 (1911)
Distribution: Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; Iran (S-Iran); Afghanistan (Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan); China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan); Japan (Kyushu, Yakushima Isl., Tanegashima); Ryukyu Isl. (Okinawa, Amami Oshima, Takunosima, Ishigakijima, Iriomote); Taiwan; N-Pakistan (Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Swat); Nepal; India (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Shan, Mandalay); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Malacca); +Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Moluccas (Ambon); New Guinea (S-Papua New Guinea); Hawaii [I] (East Maui [I]); USA [I] (Florida [I], SE-Georgia [I], Louisiana [I], Mississippi [I], Texas [I], ?Alabama [I]); Bahamas [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Brazil [I]
32 TZK UZB 34 AFG IRN 36 CHI 38 JAP NNS TAI 40 BAN IND NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM 63 haw 77 usa 78 usa 81 bah cub jam pue 84 bra
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis emarginata Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 414 (1825)
= Adenostylis integerrima Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 414 (1825)
= Adenostylis strateumatica (L.) Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 2: 58 (1908)
= Adenostylis sulcata (Lindl.) Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: Suppl. (Gen. Ind. Fl. Formos.) 75 (1917)
= Neottia strateumatica (L.) R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 319 (1810)
= Orchis strateumatica L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 943 (1753)
= Pterygodium sulcata Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 3: 452 (1832)
= Spiranthes strateumatica (L.) Lindl.; Bot. Reg. sub t. 823 (1824)
= Strateuma zeylanica Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 89 (1836)
= Zeuxine bonii Gagnep.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 3: 326 (1931)
= Zeuxine bracteata Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 5: t. 1724 bis (1851)
= Zeuxine brevifolia Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 5: t. 1725 (1851)
= Zeuxine emarginata (Blume) Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 485 (1840)
= Zeuxine integerrima Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 486 (1840)
= Zeuxine procumbens Blume; Coll. Orchid. 68 (1858)
= Zeuxine robusta Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 5: t. 1726 (1851)
= Zeuxine rupicola Fukuy.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 292 (1935)
= Zeuxine stenochila Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 126 (1925)
= Zeuxine strateumatica f. rupicola (Fukuy.) T.Hashim.; Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 5: 27 (1986)
= Zeuxine strateumatica var. laxiflora I.Barua; Orchid Fl. Kamrup Distr. Assam 52 (2001)
= Zeuxine strateumatica var. rupicola (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying; Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1(2): 512 (1977)
= Zeuxine sulcata (Roxb.) Lindl.; Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 1: 368 (1839) ex Wight, Cat. Ind. Pl. [Wight] 123 (1836)
= Zeuxine wariana Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 77 (1911)
species :
Zeuxine subquadrata
Ormerod; Harvard Pap. Bot. 23(2): 277, fig. 12 (2018)
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah)
42 BOR
species :
Zeuxine tabiyahanensis
Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 89 (1916)
Distribution: Taiwan (Pingdong, Taidong); India (Nagaland)
38 TAI 40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheirostylis nemorosa Fukuy.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 760 (1935)
= Cheirostylis tabiyahanensis (Hayata) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb; Edinburgh J. Bot. 56(2): 278 (1999)
= Hayata tabiyahanensis (Hayata) Aver.; Taiwania 54(4): 312 (2009)
= Macodes tabiyahanensis (Hayata) S.S.Ying; Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1(2): 478 (1977)
= Zeuxine nemorosa (Fukuy.) T.P.Lin; Native Orchids Taiwan 2: 69 (1977), et 3: 282-283 (1987)
variant :
var. merrillii
(Ames & Quisumb.) T.P.Lin; Ill. Native Taiwan Orch. 261 (2022)
Distribution: Taiwan; Philippines (Luzon)
38 TAI 42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheirostylis merrillii (Ames & Quisumb.) Ormerod; Austral. Orchid Rev. 63(4): 10 (1998)
= Adenostylis merrillii Ames & Quisumb.; Philipp. J. Sci. 44: 370 (1931)
= Hayata merrillii (Ames & Quisumb.) T.C.Hsu & S.W.Chung; Taiwania 55(4): 365 (2010)
= Hayata tabiyahanensis var. merrillii (Ames & Quisumb.) T.P.Lin; Taiwania 61(2): 103 (2016)
species :
Zeuxine tenuifolia
Tuyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 50: 427 (1936)
Distribution: Taiwan; Ryukyu Isl.
38 NNS TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Zeuxine gracilis var. tenuifolia (Tuyama) T.Hashim.; Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 5: 28 (1986)
= Zeuxine shuishiehensis S.S.Ying; Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 57 (1989)
species :
Zeuxine tjiampeana
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 43: 6 (1910)
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
Conservation Status: IUCN E
species :
Zeuxine triangula
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 9: 444 (1928)
Distribution: Moluccas (Buru)
42 MOL
species :
Zeuxine vieillardii
(Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 55 (1906)
Distribution: New Caledonia (widespread); Vanuatu; Niue; Fiji; [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu)
60 FIJ NUE NWC SAM VAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Monochilus vieillardii Rchb.f.; Linnaea 41: 60 (1876)
= Zeuxine daenikeri Kraenzl.; Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 69 (1929)
= Zeuxine samoensis Schltr.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 6: 297 (1906)
species :
Zeuxine vietnamica
Aver.; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 73(3): 424 (1988)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Zeuxinella vietnamica (Aver.) Aver.; Updated Checklist Orchids Vietnam 96 (2003)
species :
Zeuxine violascens
(Blume) Ridl.; Mat. Fl. Malay. Penins. 1: 218 (1907)
Distribution: peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Tanjung Kupang, Johor); Sumatra; Borneo (Sarawak); Java
41 THA 42 BOR JAW MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis violascens (Blume) Merr.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc., Spec. No. 141 (1921)
= Hetaeria purpurascens Blume; Coll. Orchid. 105 (1858)
= Psychechilos purpurascens Blume; Coll. Orchid. 105 (1859)
= Psychechilos violaceus Hasselt ex Blume; Coll. Orchid. 105 (1859)
species :
Zeuxine viridiflora
(J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm.; Icon. Bogor. [Boerlage] 2(3): 259 (1904)
Distribution: Borneo; Sulawesi; Java
42 BOR JAW SUL
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Adenostylis viridiflora (J.J.Sm.) Merr.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc., Spec. No. 141 (1921)
= Haplochilus viridiflorus J.J.Sm.; Icon. Bogor. [Boerlage] t. 105 B (1903)
= Heterozeuxine viridiflora (J.J.Sm.) T.Hashim.; Proc. 12th World Orchid Conf. 1987 (eds. K. Saito & R. Tanaka): 125 (1987)
= Zeuxine viridiflora (J.J.Sm.) Schltr.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 6: 298 (1906) (sphalm. virescens), isonym
= Zeuxine viridiflora var. latifolia J.J.Sm.; Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 20: 472 (1926)
species :
Zeuxine wenzelii
(Ames) Ormerod; Taiwania 49(3): 180 (2004)
Distribution: Philippines (Leyte)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Hetaeria wenzelii Ames; Orchidaceae [Ames] 5: 46 (1915)
species :
Zeuxine yehii
T.C.Hsu; Ill. Fl. Taiwan 2: 221 (2016)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
species :
Zeuxine yonzoneana
R.Yonzone; Phytotaxa 712(2): 187 (2025)
Distribution: N-India (Darjeeling)
40 IND
