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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: 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)
134.6513 Genus Phalaenopsis Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 294 (1825) s. l.
Distribution: SE-Asia to N-Australia and Pacific. The controversial inclusion of Kingidium has recently been accepted by several authors including Fl. of China. There are countless artifical garden hybrids (probably the most in any orchid genus) which are omitted here.
Species listed in database: 82; hybrids: 9
= Doritis Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 178 (1833)
= Grafia A.D.Hawkes; Phytologia 13: 305 (1966), nom. illeg.
= Grussia M.Wolff; Orchid. Atlas 165 (2007)
= Hygrochilus Pfitzer; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 112 (1897)
= Kingidium P.F.Hunt; Kew Bull. 24: 97 (1970)
= Kingiella Rolfe; Orchid Rev. 25: 196 (1917), nom. illeg.
= Lesliea Seidenf.; Opera Bot. 95: 190 (1988)
= Nothodoritis Z.H.Tsi; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 27(1): 58 (1989)
= Ornithochilus (Lindl.) Wall. ex Benth.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 242 (1833)
= Polychilos Breda, Kuhl & Hasselt; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. [Ic. sine num.] (1827)
= Polystylus Hasselt ex Hassk.; Retzia 3 (1855)
= Sedirea Garay & H.R.Sweet; Orchids S. Ryukyu Islands 149 (1974)
= Stauritis Rchb.f.; Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 18: 34 (1862)
= Stauroglottis Schauer; Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 432 (1843)
= Synadena Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 9 (1836)

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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World


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Covering 356,375 accepted species,
8,782 hybrids, 48,090 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,002,897 synonyms,
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