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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: 30673; 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)
134.2207 Genus Galeola Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 2: 520 (1790)
Distribution: tropical Asia to China and Taiwan, 1 Comores. Delimitation from Cyrtosia is disputed.
Species listed in database: 5
= Pogochilus Falc.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 4: 73 (1842)
species :
Galeola cathcartii Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 6: 89 (1896)
Distribution: NE-India (Sikkim); N-Thailand
40 IND 41 THA
Conservation Status: IUCN I
Synonyms: hidden
= Galeola siamensis Rolfe ex Downie; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 410 (1925)
= Galeola kerrii Rolfe ex Downie; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 409 (1925)
species :
Galeola faberi Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 200 (1896)
Distribution: China (C-Guizhou, SW-Sichuan, NW- to SE-Yunnan); Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Cyrtosia faberi (Rolfe) Aver.; Turczaninowia 14(2): 35 (2011)
= Galeola shweliensis W.W.Sm.; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 204 (1921)
species :
Galeola humblotii Rchb.f.; Flora 68: 378 (1885)
Distribution: Comores (Grande Comore)
29 COM
species :
Galeola keo Schuit. & M.Forbes; Malesian Orchid J. 25: 93 (2021)
Distribution: Laos
41 LAO
species :
Galeola nudifolia Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 2: 521 (1790)
Distribution: China (Hainan); Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim); Myanmar (Mon, Taninthayi); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Moluccas (Seram, Talaud); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
36 CHI 40 BHU IND 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Cassytha corniculata Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 93 (1768) (Lauraceae)
= Conchoglossum silvestre Breda; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Asclep. 4: t. 18 (1830)
= Cranichis nudifolia (Lour.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 511 (1807)
= Epidendrum galeola Raeusch.; Nomencl. Bot. [Raeuschel], ed. 3: 265 (1797)
= Erythrorchis kuhlii Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 78 (1865)
= Galeola hydra Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 77 (1865)
= Galeola kuhlii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Xenia Orchid. 2: 78 (1865)
= Galeola pterosperma (Lindl.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 386 (1911)
= Galeola torana J.J.Sm.; Nova Guinea 12: 187 (1915)
= Pseudovanilla torana (J.J.Sm.) Garay
= Vanilla pterosperma Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 7402 (1832), nomen
= Vanilla rubiginosa Griff.; Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 246 (1851)
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