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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: 30563; 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)
134.6737 Genus Bifrenaria Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 152 (1833)
Distribution: Tropical South America, mostly Brazil. Treatment of the genus (s. l.) fide Genera Orchidacearum. Revised circumscription through inclusion of several small genera fide Meneguzzo & Chase (2024)
Species listed in database: 54; hybrids: 1
= Adipe Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 101 (1837)
= Colax Lindl. ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 727 (1826)
= Cydoniorchis Senghas; J. Orchideenfr. 1: 11 (1994)
= Guanchezia G.A.Romero & Carnevali; Orchids Venezuela, ed. 2: 1135 (2000)
= Horvatia Garay; Studia Phytologica Honorem Jubilantis A. O. Horvát 40 (1977)
= Lindleyella Schltr.; Orchideen [Schlechter] 414 (1914) [non Lindleyella Rydb. 1908 (Rosaceae)]
= Rudolfiella Hoehne; Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n. s. 2: 14 (1944)
= Schlechterella Hoehne; Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n. s. 2: 12. in obs., 13, in clavi (1944) [non Schlechterella K. Schum. 1899 (Periplocaceae)]
= Scuticaria Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 14 (1843)
= Stenocoryne Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 53 (1843)
= Teuscheria Garay; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 27: 820 (1958)

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