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)
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Genus
Arachnis Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 365 (1825)
Distribution: South America (2), Himalayas, SE-India, S-China, Indochina, Malesia
Species listed in database: 18; hybrids: 1
= Armodorum Breda, Kuhl & Hasselt; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. (1827)
= Arhynchium Lindl. & Paxton; Paxton´s Fl. Gard. 1: 142 (1850 publ. 1851) (Arhynchium, Arrhyncium)
= Armodorum Breda; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 2: t. 6 (1829)
= Esmeralda Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 38 (1862)
= Arachnanthe Blume; Rumphia 4: 55, t. 196 (1828)
species :
Arachnis annamensis
J.J.Sm.; Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 72: 73 (1912)
Distribution: Cambodia; Vietnam
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Synonyms: hidden
= Arachnanthe annamensis (J.J.Sm.) Rolfe; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 38: 391 (1905)
= Arachnis evrardii (Guillaumin) Tang & F.T.Wang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1(1): 96 (1951)
= Renanthera evrardii Guillaumin; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 77: 336 (1930)
species :
Arachnis batizocoi
Krapov. & W.C.Gregory; Bonplandia (Hannover) 3(11): 129 (1974)
Distribution: Bolivia
83 BOL
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Arachnis batizogaea
Krapov. & A.Fernández; Bonplandia (Hannover) 3(11): 130 (1974)
Distribution: Argentina
85 ARG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Arachnis bella
(Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.; Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 72: 76 (1912)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); SE-Tibet; ?Myanmar; Thailand
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Synonyms: hidden
= Esmeralda bella Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 3: 136 (1888)
= Arachnanthe bella (Rchb.f.) Mottet; Dict. Prat. Hort. 1: 203 (1892 publ. 1893)
species :
Arachnis bouffordii
Ormerod; Orchids Austral. 26(1): 27 (2014)
Distribution: China (Hainan)
36 CHI
species :
Arachnis calcarata
Holttum; Sarawak Mus. J. 5: 172 (1949)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Armodorum calcarata (Holttum) K.W.Tan; Taxon. Arachnis, Armodorum, Esmeralda & Dimorphorchis (Orchidac.): 107 (1974)
species :
Arachnis cathcartii
(Lindl.) J.J.Sm.; Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 72: 75 (1912)
Distribution: Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal)
40 BHU IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Arachnanthe cathcartii (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3: 573 (1883)
= Esmeralda cathcartii (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 39 (1862)
= Vanda cathcartii Lindl.; Fol. Orchid. 4(Vanda): 8 (1853)
species :
Arachnis clarkei
(Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm.; Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 72: 76 (1912)
Distribution: China (Hainan, SW-Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal); N-Thailand; Vietnam
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Conservation Status: IUCN R (Bhutan), I (India)
Synonyms: hidden
= Arachnanthe clarkei (Rchb.f.) Rolfe; Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 4: 567 (1888), Bot. Mag. t. 7077 (1889)
= Esmeralda clarkei Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 26: 552 (1886)
= Vanda clarkei (Rchb.f.) Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1888: 112 (1888)
species :
Arachnis flos-aeris
(L.) Rchb.f.; Bot. Centralbl. 28: 343 (1886)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya); Myanmar (Yangon); S-Thailand; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Pahan); Sumatra (incl. Batu Isl.); Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Kalimantan); Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Aerides arachnites Sw.; J. Bot. [Schrader] 2: 233 (1799)
= Aerides matutinum Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 131 (1805)
= Arachnanthe flos-aeris (L.) J.J.Sm.; Orch. Java 584 (1905)
= Arachnanthe moschifera (Blume) Blume; Rumphia 4: 55 (1849)
= Arachnis flos-aeris var. gracilis Holttum; Malayan Orchid Rev. 2: 65 (1935)
= Arachnis moschifera Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 365 (1825)
= Epidendrum flos-aeris L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 952 (1753)
= Flagellaria aereniflora Noronha; (1790)
= Limodorum flos-aeris (L.) Sw.; Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 80 (1799)
= Renanthera arachnites (Sw.) Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 217 (1833)
= Renanthera flos-aeris (L.) Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 1: 88 (1856)
= Renanthera moschifera (Blume) Knuth; Handb. Blütenb. 3: 214 (1904)
species :
Arachnis grandisepala
J.J.Wood; Orchid Rev. 89 (1050): 113 (1981)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Arachnis hookeriana
Rchb.f.; Bot. Centralbl. 28: 343 (1886)
Name: White Scorpion Orchid
Distribution: Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (commonest along east coast); Singapore; ?Borneo; Brunei
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Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Arachnanthe alba (Rchb.f.) Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 3: 369 (1893)
= Arachnis alba (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 197 (1911)
= Arachnis canniformis (Guillaumin) Tang & F.T.Wang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1(1): 96 (1951)
= Arachnis hookeriana (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 197 (1911)
= Renanthera alba (Rchb.f.) Ridl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 353 (1896)
= Renanthera hookeriana Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 42 (1862)
= Stauropsis canniformis Guillaumin; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 77: 326 (1930)
species :
Arachnis labrosa
(Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f.; Bot. Centralbl. 28: 343 (1886)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Hainan, S-Yunnan); Taiwan; Bhutan; India (Sikkim, Manipur, Nagaland, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya); Myanmar (Mon, Taninthayi, Kachin, Mandalay); Laos; Vietnam
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Synonyms: hidden
= Arachnanthe bilinguis (Rchb.f.) Benth.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 332 (1881)
= Arachnis bilinguis Benth.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 332 (1881), nom. inval.
= Arhynchium labrosum Lindl. & Paxton; Paxton´s Fl. Gard. 1: 142 (1850 publ. 1851)
= Armodorum labrosum (Lindl. & Paxton) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 197 (1911)
= Renanthera bilinguis Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 1: 7 (1854)
= Renanthera labrosa (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 1: 88 (1856)
= Renanthera leptantha Fukuy. ex A.T.Hsieh; Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 8: 276 (1955), nomen
variant :
var. zhaoi
(Z.J.Liu, S.C.Chen & S.P.Lei) S.C.Chen & J.J.Wood; Fl. China 25: 466 (2009)
Distribution: China (Hainan); India (Nagaland)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Arachnis labrosa f. zhaoi (Z.J.Liu, S.C.Chen & S.P.Lei) O.Gruss & N.H.Tuan; Orchidee (Hamburg) 6(15)E: 125 (2020)
= Arachnis zhaoi Z.J.Liu, S.C.Chen & S.P.Lei; Acta Bot. Yunnan. 30(5): 529 (2008)
species :
Arachnis limax
Seidenf.; Bot. Tidsskr. 65: 356 (1970)
Distribution: NW-Thailand
41 THA
Conservation Status: IUCN I
species :
Arachnis longisepala
(J.J.Wood) Shim & A.Lamb; Orchid Digest 46(5): 178 (1982)
Distribution: Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah)
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Arachnis calcarata subsp. longisepala J.J.Wood; Orchid Rev. 89 (1050): 113 (1981)
species :
Arachnis senapatiana
(Phukan & A.A.Mao) Kocyan & Schuit.; Phytotaxa 161(1): 62 (2014)
Distribution: India (Manipur, Nagaland, West Bengal)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Armodorum senapatianum Phukan & A.A.Mao; Orchid Rev. 110 (1247): 299 (2002)
species :
Arachnis seramensis
(Ormerod) R.Rice; Photo Intro Vandoid Orchid Gen. Asia 157 (2018)
Distribution: Moluccas (Seram)
42 MOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Dimorphorchis seramensis Ormerod; Malesian Orchid J. 12: 33 (2013)
species :
Arachnis siamensis
(Schltr.) Tang & F.T.Wang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1(1): 96 (1951)
Distribution: Myanmar (Mandalay); N-Thailand; Laos
41 LAO MYA THA
Conservation Status: IUCN I
Synonyms: hidden
= Armodorum siamense Schltr.; Orchis 6: 67 (1912)
species :
Arachnis sulingi
(Blume) Rchb.f.; Bot. Centralbl. 28: 343 (1886)
Distribution: Sumatra; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Aerides sulingi Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 367 (1825)
= Arachnanthe sulingi (Blume) Benth.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 332 (1881)
= Arachnanthe sulingi (Blume) J.J.Sm.; Orch. Java 586 (1905), isonym
= Armodorum distichum Breda, Kuhl & Hasselt; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. [t. 6] (1827)
= Armodorum sulingi (Blume) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 197 (1911)
= Renanthera sulingi (Blume) Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 217 (1833)
= Vanda sulingi (Blume) Blume; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 62 (1849)
species :
Arachnis ×maingayi
(Hook.f.) Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 197 (1911)
Name: Pink Scorpion Orchid
Distribution: Seychelles [I]; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (south of the Peninsula); Borneo
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Remarks: Arachnis flos-aeris x Arachnis hookeriana
Synonyms: hidden
= Arachnanthe ×maingayi Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. sub t. 7077 (1889) in obs., et Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 28 (1890)
= Arachnis ×vanmullemii J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 2: 116 (1920)
= Renanthera ×maingayi (Hook.f.) Ridl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 353 (1896)
