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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: 30616; hybrids: 1469
= 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)
134.4241 Genus Disa Bergius; Descr. Pl. Cap. 348 (1767)
Distribution: mostly South Africa, tropical Africa, few in Madagascar, La Réunion, Arabian Peninsula. Inclusion of Herschelianthe and Monadenia following LINDER & KURZWEIL 1999.
Species listed in database: 185; hybrids: 4
= Amphigena Rolfe; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 5(2): 197 (1913)
= Forficaria Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 362 (1838)
= Gamaria Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 49 (1836)
= Herschelia Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 362 (1838), nom. illeg.
= Herschelianthe Rauschert; Feddes Repert. 94(7­8): 434 (1983), nom. nov.
= Monadenia Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 356 (1838)
= Orthopenthea Rolfe; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 5(3): 179 (1912)
= Penthea Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 446 (1836)
= Repandra Lindl.; Orchid. Scelet. 12 (1826)
= Schizodium Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 358 (1838)
= xHerscheliodisa H.P.Linder; S. African Orchid J. 16: 102 (1985)

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Covering 357,029 accepted species,
8,788 hybrids, 48,070 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,004,054 synonyms,
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